Blog Malaise What better describes Donald Trump than Goldberg’s characterization of the Klan: “bitter, humorless, and fearful of all things foreign.”James BrattDecember 8, 2023
Blog What’s in a Tune? I’m taking to heart Steve’s admonition to not be an Advent snob. So much so that I’m jumping right past…Laura de JongDecember 7, 2023
Blog Dark Sacred Night One of the holiday albums in heavy rotation in my Spotify app every December is David Bazan’s Dark Sacred Night.Jared AyersDecember 6, 2023
Blog An Ecology of Praise I am writing this blog from the Tucson airport as my wife and I are returning from a brief getaway…Scott HoezeeDecember 5, 2023
Blog Don’t Be an Advent Snob My aim today is to irritate the Advent purists among us. I used to be one.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 4, 2023
Blog Vince in the Hole My idea of patiently waiting in hope is just missing a green light and having to wait the entire 75…Duane KeldermanDecember 3, 2023
Blog Holiday Gift Guide for a Fraught 2023 Once again, we face the need to whump up holiday cheer despite a world of conflict and trouble, ranging from…Debra RienstraDecember 2, 2023
Blog Mysteries The church was packed. Mom would have liked that. And all five "first ladies" were in attendance--she would have liked…James C. SchaapDecember 1, 2023
Blog Heron brain The conversation is at the same time progressive and atavistic – which is amazing to me.Tim Van DeelenNovember 30, 2023
Blog It’s Own Kind of Wild Geese Hopefully this blog serves for you as its own kind of wild geese, calling our attention to those things we…Laura de JongNovember 30, 2023