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Amanda Torres

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Amanda Torres is the primary designer for the print edition of Upfront. She serves The Navigators on Collegiate staff in Arkansas alongside her husband, Michael, enjoying life with their daughter, Charlotte, and Cholula, their dog.

The Light of Christ

Amanda Torres April 29, 2025

By Amanda Torres, Collegiate – As she struck a match to light the candle for our spiritual direction session, I heard my director say the familiar words she opens with time and time again, “The Light of Christ—who is with us, for us, and in us.” I needed this simple yet profound reminder to sink in deeply on this particular day. I was 21 weeks pregnant, and it was the day after the anatomy scan where my husband and I had found out there was something wrong with our daughter’s heart.