"Did you know that the phrase 'daily bread' in the Lord's Prayer really means 'supersubstantial bread'? Like, supernatural?" This is…
Debra RienstraJanuary 20, 2018
At my house this Advent, we have become unintentional liturgical season purists. Two days before Christmas, and still not one…
Debra RienstraDecember 23, 2017
By Debra Rienstra Reformed people are in it for the long haul. That’s one of the things I’ve admired about…
Debra RienstraNovember 25, 2017
At first it was awful, the silence. I was angry, of course. I fumed around the house, slammed doors, felt…
Debra RienstraNovember 18, 2017
Warning: some mild spoilers ahead. I hereby provide a public service by filing this scouting report for those of you…
Debra RienstraNovember 3, 2017
No, I’m not going to decry oversexualized harem girl outfits for seven-year-olds or ax-in-the-head gross-out costumes for grownups. Nor am…
Debra RienstraOctober 20, 2017
“Beauty—from that which we see in nature to that which is expressed in words of art—, precisely because it broadens…
Debra RienstraOctober 7, 2017
Those of us in this little Reformed tribe: do we, or do we not count ourselves as Evangelicals? Since the…
Debra RienstraSeptember 23, 2017
October 31 approaches, the official five hundredth anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. No doubt Halloween will prove interesting this year,…
Debra RienstraSeptember 9, 2017
