Skip to Main Content
The news site of UNC Wilmington

The Seahawk

The news site of UNC Wilmington

The Seahawk

The news site of UNC Wilmington

The Seahawk

Questions from “199 Questions to Ask Strangers”—or yourself.

OP-ED: I was an Evangelical Christian. Here’s why I’m no longer religious.

Katharine Chapin, Student Body Member February 11, 2022
I was a shy freshman eager to build a sense of community. During high school, I attended church on both Wednesdays and Sundays, occasionally leading lessons for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes club in my high school gymnasium. I talked about how I coped with anxiety and learned to become more comfortable in my own body—practical sentiments that helped me trudge through the living hell that is high school itself. But the type of Christianity that I would soon encounter in Wilmington was a bit more intense. In the fall of 2019, I joined an organization that would change the course of my life entirely—one that furthered the doubts about my Christian faith that I had been suppressing for quite some time, far longer than I ever wanted to admit.
Gospel Gab: Peace among wreckage

Gospel Gab: Peace among wreckage

Ava Hicks, Staff Writer October 14, 2018

Whenever something devastating happens, everyone immediately wants to find someone or something to blame and figure out a reason for the hardship. Human nature is to try to make sense of things and put...

Gospel Gab: Freedom isn’t a place

Gospel Gab: Freedom isn’t a place

Ava Hicks, Staff Writer September 3, 2018

Editor’s Note: Ava Hicks is a senior at UNCW studying Communications with a minor in Journalism. Ava also serves as a staff writer for The Seahawk and a regular columnist for Gospel Gab. The opinions...

Gospel Gab: Be still and know

Gospel Gab: Be still and know

Ava Hicks, Staff Writer March 18, 2018

Editor’s Note: Ava Hicks is a junior at UNCW studying Communications with a minor in Journalism. Ava also serves as a staff writer for The Seahawk and a regular columnist for Gospel Gab. The opinions...

The freedom of free will

The freedom of free will

Ava Hicks, Staff Writer February 18, 2018

Editor’s Note: Ava Hicks is a junior at UNCW studying Communications with a minor in Journalism. Ava also serves as a staff writer for The Seahawk and a regular columnist for Gospel Gab. The opinions...

Gospel Gab: What do you fear?

Gospel Gab: What do you fear?

Ava Hicks, Staff Writer February 4, 2018

Editor’s Note: Ava Hicks is a junior at UNCW studying Communications with a minor in Journalism. Ava also serves as a staff writer for The Seahawk and a regular columnist for Gospel Gab. The opinions...

Gospel Gab: God is not a vending machine

Gospel Gab: God is not a vending machine

Ava Hicks, Staff Writer January 21, 2018

Editor’s Note: Ava Hicks is a junior at UNCW studying Communications with a minor in Journalism. Ava also serves as a staff writer for The Seahawk and a regular columnist for Gospel Gab. The opinions...

Gospel Gab: Who are we thanking?

Gospel Gab: Who are we thanking?

Ava Hicks, Staff Writer November 19, 2017

Editor's Note: Ava Hicks is a junior at UNCW studying Communications with a minor in Journalism. Ava also serves as a staff writer for The Seahawk and a regular columnist for Gospel Gab. The opinions expressed...

Gospel Gab: Beloved is the new skinny

Gospel Gab: Beloved is the new skinny

Ava Hicks, Staff Writer November 12, 2017

Magazines on the store shelves and photoshopped music videos scream imperfection at us from every angle. Clothing sizes in stores shrink each day, leaving girls to wonder if it is the clothes that are...

Gospel Gab: Working for the world

Gospel Gab: Working for the world

Ava Hicks, Staff Writer October 23, 2017

College students are no stranger to heavy workloads and ridiculous amounts of hours spent slaving away at a computer. The pressure to achieve that perfect GPA and graduate on time is so intense and looms...

Gospel Gab: The right kind of sorrow

Gospel Gab: The right kind of sorrow

Ava Hicks, Staff Writer October 1, 2017

Quotes on dark backgrounds speaking of deep internal struggles and displaying extreme teenage angst. Television shows depicting sorrowful girls struggling with a breakup or high school students battling...

Load More Stories