Posts by Elijah Boles
Save our clickbait souls
[Editor’s note: Our archives contain several years of excellent articles, most of which remain relevant and important to today’s young people and the adults who work with them. This one is a “Director’s Choice” that we are reposting this week.] The metaverse. Virtual Reality. Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce. We live in a time…
Read MoreThe trouble is paradise
On a bleak autumn night, moonlight peeks from behind the clouds — just enough to illuminate the words “THE DEAD SHALL BE RAISED.” Pallid figures draped in decaying flesh emerge from behind the gateway of Grove Street Cemetery, keeping the promise etched in the arch above them. You awake from your nightmare with such a…
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