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TuesdayIt’s an ordinary Tuesday (this past one, in fact), and spouse Ron and I both get a text from the Harris-Walz campaign inviting us to
Here at the RJ, we are eager to support the work of our colleagues, so a few of us will be writing about the newly
I often make vague pronouncements these days along the lines of “we live in a time of enormous upheaval.” I’m aware when I say this
You do not have to be a person of faith to recognize that addressing the climate crisis requires more than technological and policy solutions—although those
Did you feel it last Sunday? Did you feel the world shift? President Biden withdrew from the campaign and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as
A friend recommended to me the 2023 Oscar-winning release American Fiction, so I watched it this week (streaming on Prime video). The premise: Thelonious Ellison,
Two ethereal beings make their way slowly along a lonely beach on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. One is carrying a stick over their
Fortunately, here in Michigan, we are blessedly free of the dreaded cicada emergence/confluence happening this spring and summer in the Midwestern and Southeastern US. Those
Willemtje Hoogvliet was born in 1785 in Nieuw-Beijerland, South Holland, the Netherlands. She grew up, married Leendert Arendse, and at age 28 in 1813, had
