Blog Open and ClosedThe doors were closed for this discussion and vote. Synod’s action opens wide, however, another door: an exit door from…David HoekemaJune 18, 2022
Blog Fourteen Pauses and Prayers on the BorderWe gathered in Nogales, Sonora for a Lenten procession. About 150 in all, people fleeing from violence in southern Mexico…David HoekemaApril 4, 2022
Blog Welcoming the StrangerBorder guards and police cooperate with churches and local communities to provide food, lodging, and medical care.David HoekemaMarch 10, 2022
Blog Of Drones and DepravityDisclosures about the use of unmanned drone aircraft by the US military offer a striking example of how seemingly benign…David HoekemaFebruary 3, 2022
Blog Pestilence and PersuasionWhen we face a seemingly intractable challenge, where do we turn? To the Bible first of all, as faithful Christians,…David HoekemaOctober 2, 2021
Blog The Peaches of ParadiseI just don’t buy the apple. Not because apples need cooler winters than those of the Middle East. We don’t have…David HoekemaAugust 25, 2021
Blog A House of WingsIn the group that had crossed that day were Venezuelans, Cubans, and many Haitians, along with a few Russians, Romanians,…David HoekemaJuly 22, 2021
Blog Talking With FlagsThere has been a lively conversation going on up and down my street, in a townhouse development south of Tucson.…David HoekemaMarch 31, 2021
Blog What’s in a name? And a titleWe Americans like to think we have no social classes. The founders of the new nation forbade all titles of…David HoekemaMarch 11, 2021
Blog Sabbath and Return Day: A Modest ProposalRecent postings on this blog have invited readers of The Twelve to be faithful in honoring the Sabbath. Travis West…David HoekemaNovember 21, 2020