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 Welcome to Little City

Little City Journal is an online publication written, photographed, and curated by young women. As we love and serve in our communities and engage in our world, we’ve established this space for storytelling, situated at the intersection of the Gospel and where our lives are lived.

 
 
 

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Cancel Culture and Jesus
Kirsten Kiley
Cancel Culture and Jesus
Kirsten Kiley

Underneath their captivating roles, their beautiful music, their attractive faces, their sparkling social media personalities, their well-written books, and their compelling speeches, they are sinful, battered human beings just like the rest of us.

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Kirsten Kiley
On Sin and Togetherness
Eliana Chow
On Sin and Togetherness
Eliana Chow

Adam and Eve, Ananias and Sapphira, sinned against the Lord together. They led each other away from God, toward their own ideals of what was good and desirable. It’s a somber warning, yet not without hope.

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Eliana Chow
Storytelling Fosters Connection in the Days COVID-19
Lindsey Tollefson
Storytelling Fosters Connection in the Days COVID-19
Lindsey Tollefson

Stories from Six Feet also fosters a sense of connection, both for those who spend an afternoon with Angela and for those of us who are seeing the posts on an Instagram feed.

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Lindsey Tollefson
Life in Death
Eliana Chow
Life in Death
Eliana Chow

It’s ok if we don’t have the words. It’s okay if we feel numb, shocked out of all emotions except anxiety in times such as these. God meets us there.

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Eliana Chow
A Beatitude Imagined
Delaney Young
A Beatitude Imagined
Delaney Young

But as it were, they are indications of my lack of trust that the God who said, “blessed are the meek” rules this world; and more than that, my lack of trust in God’s promise that the meek “shall inherit the earth.”

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Delaney Young
Traveling Mercies
Abigail White
Traveling Mercies
Abigail White

My hope and prayer is that we can be a world that can still love across closed borders, across oceans, across different nationalities, that we not let our fears keep us from seeing the eyes of our brothers and sisters behind the mask.

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Abigail White
 

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 We exist to share real stories of Christ-following women that open the door for vulnerable conversation, authentic community, and social engagement.

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To our friends, As many of us adapt to ever-changing plans and settle into social distancing, we want to share this reminder from @lalagrinds: The cooing of birds in the morning, the rising of the sun, and the glow of the moon. The calming drizzle
For better or worse, this need for instant satisfaction has been fed by increasingly speedy technology. With a tap of our finger we can order something online, and if we choose to pay a little extra, we can get it within two days of that first tap. M
Think about it: our bodies can’t even remain conscious and active for more than 24 hours before it starts to malfunction. We need physical rest daily; we need to sleep. Why do we treat our minds and souls differently? The world values work, and
As we stepped out of the cold, into the main body of worship, I noticed the the large pillars that reached toward a dark, wooden ceiling. A feat of imagination and engineering. A couple of people were scattered among the pews, hunched over in big puf
In our efforts to tame the chaos and discern good answers for hard questions, we have a great Advocate and friend in the Holy Spirit, a relationship with the God who made us, which makes the whole process so much less daunting. He is not only for us
I have always been confused by the balance of faith and doubt (aren’t we all). For much of my life, I shoved doubt away. Now, I think it is dangerous to have a faith without any doubt. I would even say that the grappling and wrestling I am in t
What He said seemed elementary—to rest is an act of faith. Yet if I let it, that truth holds the power to change everything about the way I walk into the next season of my life. I’m working on letting it do just that, so every step I tak
We are worshippers of not-forgetting. It’s understandable enough: to remember is to be human, and the thought of losing that humanity produces a raw nervousness within us. It’s the impetus for Snapchat, the awfulness of Alzheimer’s