Caroline

About Caroline Mertens

A native of Southern California, Caroline Mertens moved to Colorado as a teen. She received her B.A. in English and Secondary Education from Colorado Christian University in Denver. Her grandmother's immigration tales of adventure, love, pain, and redemption provided ample amounts of hope, grace, and literary inspiration for her debut, In Those Other Lands. After a season of work in the Netherlands, England, and France, Caroline returned to Colorado. Over the years, she has worked as a magazine editor, a professional writer, and an assistant to a Young Life director. However, Caroline's most fulfilling career is teaching high school English and Creative Writing. She strives to encourage teenagers to read what they love, and inspires her students to engage in purposeful creative writing. Caroline is passionate about traveling, cooking Indonesian food, and exploring Colorado with her family.

Look skyward

The brevity of her presence is preeminent. Soon she will scatter, petals dashed in a western wind. She is a bright, delicate beauty, a complicated explosion of colorful passion. Buds cluster together like intimate [...]

By |2023-04-27T10:19:13-06:00April 27th, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Washing of feet

Today is another day in Holy Week called Maundy Thursday and this year I’m especially moved by the example of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet, and the intensely personal, humane, and gracious gesture that [...]

By |2023-04-07T10:25:41-06:00April 6th, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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