Articles By: Kim Gottschild

Travelling the world and worshipping God with all His people has always been Kim’s dream. Having snagged a German husband along the way, she now resides with her spouse, their two precocious daughters, and their two rescue dogs in Carmel “by the Corn” (as dubbed by the locals), Indiana. Kim has the Tower of Babel incident to thank for giving her a fab career as a world language teacher, but she still manages to find the time her to pursue creative endeavors like writing, painting, and serving as the Assocociate Social Justice Editor for the Burnside Writers Collective.

BWC at FFW

We interrupt this BWC programming for a very important PSA. Hey there EVRE1! You’ll want to RSVP for FFW this APR 19-21 in GR, MI ASAP! I know I’m looking forward to this biennial festival after rounds of ISTEP tests and implementing IEPs and RTIs at my FT job at CMS where I also earn PGP points...

January 18th, 2012 | Letters from the Editor | Read More

Cupcake Countenance: Overture

“Dad, I’ve a strange habit,” I confess. “Yeah, what’s that?” “We-ell,” I begin cautiously, “I can’t leave the house without checking to make sure the gas stove is off. Sometimes I check it and re-check it five times before I leave. Or I’ll come back in the house a couple of...

December 6th, 2011 | Cupcake Countenance, Featured | Read More

Cupcake Countenance: Desire

After school lets out for the summer, the girls and I speed through neighboring Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, approaching both our Myrtle Beach vacation and Christihimmelfahrt, or Ascension Day, per my twentieth century Filofax calendar. A software project deadline has prevented Bjoern from travelling...

November 2nd, 2011 | Columns, Cupcake Countenance | Read More

Cupcake Countenance: Faith

“Mom, I just can’t wait any longer. I need this gerbil!” Ella is staring me down determinedly from the kitchen table with narrowed eyes, munching on her after school snack. As I proceed to empty the dishwasher, inaugurating my so-called second shift, I groan inwardly. I don’t want a rodent...

August 4th, 2011 | Columns, Cupcake Countenance, Featured | Read More

Cupcake Countenance: Presence

Caveat: As a novice 7th grade tuba player, I sputtered many disturbing gastrointestinal-like noises, so what I’m about to say is meant in the most loving way possible. When Ella brought her violin home last summer, it was like she had a new pet squirrel. A diurnal creature, it proceeded to squeak...

May 25th, 2011 | Columns, Cupcake Countenance, Featured | Read More

Don’t Get Your Pants in a Wad

(Editor’s note: This article was written for Rachel Held Evans’ Rally to Restore Unity—a week-long celebration of Christian unity and fundraising effort for Charity:Water) From where I sit – comfortably, I might add – a lot of people are walking around with massive wedgies these days. ...

May 1st, 2011 | Essays, Featured | Read More

Cupcake Countenance: A Brief Interlude

(Editor’s Note: If you’re new to the column, be sure to catch up on all things cupcakey here!) I’m somewhat irritated at present. Hey, that’s an authentic, actual condition! That’s my current state! Not the one I was going for, but honest, nonetheless. Maybe recognizing and acknowledging...

April 25th, 2011 | Columns, Cupcake Countenance, Featured | Read More

Leap of Faith

Frances peered skeptically over the ledge. “Are you sure the instructions Lennart gave us were right?” she asked her brother, Emil. “Why would we need to do something so risky? Why would he ask us to do that?” “You know exactly what the compass said,” Emil replied. “It said that we...

March 31st, 2011 | Featured, Fiction, Fiction & Poetry | Read More

Cupcake Countenance: Worry

(Editor’s note: For those new to the column, be sure to read the original Cupcake Countenance article here, then get caught up on all things cupcakey here.) “What are we doing today? Are we just doing streaks and a trim?” Having been two months since my last appointment, I was waking up and...

March 22nd, 2011 | Columns, Cupcake Countenance, Featured | Read More

Cupcake Countenance: Regret

(Editor’s note: For those new to the column, be sure to read the original Cupcake Countenance article here, then get caught up on all things cupcakey here.) “Katherine, I just wonder if I should have done that differently, parenting the girls. I should have used a time out method when they...

March 2nd, 2011 | Columns, Cupcake Countenance | Read More