It never occurred to him to see me, exhausted and falling to pieces, alone in that room with my mother…
Debra RienstraFebruary 4, 2023
We’re all speculating here, I guess, with the understanding that the speculation is itself a process of hope: what do…
Debra RienstraJanuary 7, 2023
A journey to who-knows-where to see who-knows-what without the proper supplies. We’re crazy.
Debra RienstraDecember 24, 2022
I propose that Advent is the time when we are allowed—even encouraged—to be honest about our disappointment, our sadness, our…
Debra RienstraDecember 10, 2022
Things break, disturbance and disruption come along, there’s a mess to clean up. In our culture, our churches, our politics.…
Debra RienstraNovember 26, 2022
You’ve exchanged friendly hellos while fetching the mail, and now you wonder: who are these alien beings?
Debra RienstraNovember 5, 2022
What does a vote mean? What do we think it does? What is, you might say, our theory of voting?…
Debra RienstraOctober 22, 2022
Here are some recent gems I would commend to you. If you can make it through the serious theology, you’ll…
Debra RienstraOctober 1, 2022
Our brains are altered by swimming in digital media, its allures and distractions. And our lives of continuous partial attention…
Debra RienstraSeptember 3, 2022
