Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Plough Quarterly • Summer  Afew years ago, my small family planted ourselves in the most diverse neighbor- hood in all of America, soaking up the differences while striving for commonalities. Our new neighborhood had a rich history of African American and Native American popu- lations, and it was also a space where wave after wave of immigrants and refugees crashed on the shores a decade or two after the wars in their own countries caused them to seek asylum. In our new apartment, our new neighbor- hood, we were thrilled as only white people can be, gentrifiers in every sense of the word, experiencing the benefits of diverse cultures and cheap rent while having no knowledge or experience in the systemic injustices that gov- erned the lives of many of our new neighbors. While we had lived in low-income housing before, we still managed to view it all as a bit of a lark, an “experiment” in downward mobility. R     The Luxury of Being Surprised Notes from a Failed Missionary on Rediscovering Faith D. L . M AY F I E L D