Death is a trade-in.
One day we will trade in our broken-down bodies for a new body. Look what Paul says about that new body: It is from God. It is not made with hands. It is eternal. It is heavenly, not earthly.
That’s what Paul means when he says,
We know. Lots of things we don’t know about the future, but this much is certain. We won’t have to live in tents forever. Someday our ‘tent’ will be replaced with a ‘building’ made by God.
What an inspiring thought for Easter.
Paul keeps going:
Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life (2 Corinthians 5:2-4 – NIV).
Gretchen Schrafft
Intern Cristina Farfan ’21 interviews fiction writer Gretchen Schrafft ’08, who was an intern for
NER in 2007 while she was a student at Middlebury College, and then went on to be a staff reader for the magazine. At Middlebury, she completed a double major in English and American Literatures and Sociology-Anthropology. Discussing both
NER and her own writing, Schrafft gives an insight on her path from
NER intern to published fiction writer.
Cristina Farfan: Where are you now, both geographically and professionally?
Gretchen Schrafft: I currently live in Denver, where I’m in my third year of the PhD program in English & Literary Arts at the University of Denver. I came to the program to work on a novel, pursue research connected to that novel, and continue developing my skills as a teacher of creative writing and literature.
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“Have you got that record that goes ah-woo-ooo-ooh-yeah-yeah?” It’s a scene familiar to anyone who spent time in a hardcore rave record shop in the 1990s – a punter asking for a tune they’ve heard on pirate radio or at a rave but they don’t know the title of, so they mimic the riff or sample hook hoping someone behind the counter recognises it.
A relic of pre-Shazam life, the ritual is preserved in an advert for Music Power Records aired on the pirate station Pulse FM in 1992. Nick Power, owner of the north London shop, recalls that no matter how mangled the customer’s rendition, “nearly always, you’d be able to identify the exact record they were looking for”. In the advert, Power plays the roles of both sales assistant and punter, pinching his nose to alter his voice. Almost 40 years later, the comic skit commercial has been resurrected alongside others on two volumes of London Pirate Radio Adverts 1984-1993, by audio