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Madison Wilcox

Madison Wilcox

Madison Wilcox is an English literature and Spanish major from California who hopes to pursue a career in writing. This is her first year working as a reporter for the Southern Accent. She is excited to interact with people on campus and hear their stories.

Written by: Madison Wilcox Editor’s Note: The following article has been edited for length and clarity. The Accent has also chosen not to publish the name of the student missionary to Laos to protect the mission work there.  Where did you serve as a student missionary and what were your duties? Anonymous: I served as …

Written by: Madison Wilcox Fools present a moral dilemma to the wise. As Proverbs 26 explains, it is dangerous both to engage the fool or to ignore him: It is dangerous for the wise to engage in a fool’s conversation — he may, by association, become a fool himself (Proverbs 26:3); yet it is also …

Written by: Madison Wilcox Spring has come, and I am astonished. I wish I could spend a full day staring at the world with my mouth open, saying to every leafing tree, “You too?” Spring has come. We are waking from the bad dream that was winter; we are flung into the bright reality of …

Written by: Madison Wilcox Have you ever been so spiritually exhausted that you couldn’t read your Bible, couldn’t listen to a sermon, couldn’t even whisper a prayer? I’ve chosen the following three songs that speak to me when I have no words left. The first inspires hope by reminding me of where I have been. …

Written by: Madison Wilcox  I ate four pieces of toast this morning: two with peanut butter and pear and two with butter and chopped dates. (Don’t ask about my unique food preferences.) It took me at least 20 minutes, setting me back on my schedule. Was the time worth it? Absolutely. Do I regret the …

Written by: Madison Wilcox Doesn’t life seem to strike in patterns, both the suffering and the sin? It always hurts in the same place. I always react in the same way. Life spirals. Where is God? Isn’t He supposed to burst in like a lightning bolt and fix me as He’s promised? “I will make …

Written by: Madison Wilcox Imagine it: The oxen lumber along; the drivers brush gnats from stinging eyes. The sun runs high and then higher. Suddenly, the right shoulder of one of the oxen lunges and dips. The ark shifts toward the corner of the cart. Uzzah leaps from his seat, reaches out. Does he touch …

Written by: Madison Wilcox What was your New Year’s resolution? I’m guessing it had something to do with improving your life. Maybe you swore off dark chocolate for the fifth time or outlined a spartan routine to follow religiously during the semester. (Waking up at 4 a.m. to a cold shower and weekly fasting, anyone?) …

“Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall the moon withdraw itself; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended. Also your people shall all be righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of My hands, that I …

Busyness is a prerequisite to American middle-class life. We learn early that success falls most frequently into the lap of the overworked. Thus, the rhythm of busyness is the metronome we order our days by. Each moment marks a point on the path towards success. The more we do — the more thickly we fill …

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