On Wednesday, a fierce March wind hurricaned through West Michigan. Traffic lights swayed, trees whipped about, and any remotely weak branches snapped off and littered

“For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is

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Of all the good books I received as Christmas gifts this year, one has captured my heart: You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf

Come, Savior. Come amid the salt-crusted cars lined up at the light, amid the clamor and bustle of commerce, the grocery store cash drawer rings,

“There are two elements of the constitution, wrote Walter Bagehot in 1867, the efficient and the dignified. … The efficient has the power to make

by Debra Rienstra When I was on the Perspectives board years ago, I used to refer to our semi-annual meetings as “tribal council.” We gathered

You want to unite a divided nation? I’ll tell you how to unite a divided nation. What we need is a common enemy. In other