Fix Your Eyes to the Shepherd

This poem describes how the world is quite sinful and often we have to remember to look to God to redirect our lives.

A Star Appears--Milton Imitation

This poem is based on the setting of Matthew 2:1-11. It is meant to encapsure the beauty and the light that we are all racing towards.

Grace--A Sonnet

God is with us, even when we sin against Him.

Will I See Heaven?

Will I see Heaven? is a sonnet about the fear of not seeing God and living in sin foever. But, by the end, we can find assurance in Christ dying on the cross.

Among the Darkness

This sonnet, written in iambic pentameter, deals with overcoming fear.

Deliver Us

This poem takes place in the Book of Exodus. The Israelites are still enslaved by the Egyptians. Pharaoh just announced that all Israelite male babies will be drowned. Moses’ mother prepares a basket in which she would place Moses in so that he may float away to a safe place before he must be drowned. She is running to the Nile River.

Sweat to Blood

The passage I am rewriting comes directly after the Passover meal with Jesus’ disciples. Luke 22:39-41, Jesus has just gone up to the Mount of Olives with his disciples and as they approached the top, he told them to pray. After saying this, Jesus goes about 70 meters away and knelt down and began to pray. And that is where this story begins, Jesus has just started to pray.

Lifted Arms

Exodus 17:10-13. Before this point the Amalekites have attacked Israel at Rephidim. Moses tells Joshua to gather the strongest fighters and go into war. He promises that he shall stand above where the Israelites and Amalekites are engaged in battle with the staff in his hands. Our narrative picks up with Moses standing above the Israelite people raising the staff above his head.

A Man in the Wind

I wrote "A Man in the Wind" to open people's eyes to see how often we lose ourselves and our faith in the midst of our sinful world. Only God's love can bring us back into the light of truth, but if we want to receive his light, we need to open our hearts and minds to Him.

Plight of Life

This poem is about how all humans face many struggles in their everyday lives. Most of the time, we do not understand the reasons of our sadness or stress. The main point is that we have God as our Savior and he can bring us the strength and peace we need to keep moving forward with our lives.

Humble Little House

Ever since I was little I've always loved building things. A particular favorite of mine is building with foam board because of its ease of use with hot glue.

A Lament In Beauty

I have a tree in my family’s front yard that I can see through my window, birds will flutter past or onto it and even hop onto the roof in front of my window. The tree is probably older than me and maybe even my siblings...

Remembering The Nameless: What Science Fiction Teaches Us About Utilitarianism

“Every science fiction movie I have ever seen, any one that's worth its weight in celluloid, warns us about things that ultimately come true.” -Steven Spielberg

"I Will Spit You Out": Why The American Church Must Spurn Complacency and Risk It All

Wake up... before it’s too late. Believers in an American setting today are surrounded by secular distractions at a constant rate. Materialistic promotion and sexual or violent temptation are accessible at the fingertips of every person in moments. Taking part in the vicious cycle, Americans strive for worldly success in the form of wealth and social status in our consumeristic culture. The American Church is in danger of joining this immoral failure of the surrounding culture by focusing on market-driven ministry rather than God’s will...

Sketches by Matthew VanHuis

A SonAnt

A reflection on nature submitted to Mr. Jacobs for AP Biology.

An Armed Society Is A Polite Society

When we come to the debate over guns we all have ideas that we bring to the table. For the span of this argument we must all put aside our preconceived notions about the gun control debate because, at the end of the day, we as Christians are all arguing for one thing: peace...

Transgenderism: Speaking Truth While Showing Love

No more than one hundred years ago, the idea of transgenderism was much more of a hypothetical, taboo concept than a concrete reality. Fast forward to the present day, and one third of Christians in America say that they personally know someone who claims to be transgender, while seventy percent of American non-Christians believe that people should be allowed to use whatever public bathroom that they choose based on what gender they identify as...

More Than A Number: Bearing the Image of God in the Age of Big Data

Big Data algorithms are a technology that we interact with all the time, but many of us do not know how they influence the world or even what they are. This senior thesis is an exploration into how we Christians should approach this technology.

Teddy Bear's Picnic

After practicing for a little over half a year, we have finally finished our grand piece for the year.

Notturno by Grieg

This piece is one of the Lyric Pieces for piano by Edward Grieg. Its Italian name "Notturno" translates to "night," and this title appropriately suits the piece's dreamy and whimsical tone.

Perpetual Motion

Prophetic Sermon - Compassion

A sermon written to be presented to Mr. Harrison's Bible class.

Rome Will Never Be The Same

A song written upon reading Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

Oliver Twist Painting

The "Oliver Twist Painting" is about the reoccurring theme of darkness chasing away light in a manner of scandals, conspiracies, and incorrect judgement within the Dickens novel.

Springtime

The winter cold replaced by growth again. Springtime at last has come, sunshine is bright...

Sketches by Sam Veague

A series of pencil sketches about numerous subjects.

Someone To Look Up To

A poem, inspired by the novel The Swiss Family Robinson, about Jack Robinson's view of his oldest brother Fritz.

Algorithms, Cat Videos, and Human Limitations

An exploration into the math of algorithms and what it means for us humans.