Today is World Kindness Day. As I've been preparing to write this final blog before taking a year's break to…
Heidi S. De JongeNovember 13, 2019
Brother Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell's recent post on The Twelve, Slouching Toward Augustine, ignited some cognitive dissonance for me. (And cognitive dissonance…
Heidi S. De JongeOctober 16, 2019
As regular readers of my Twelve contributions know, I read to my daughters every night from the diaries I kept…
Heidi S. De JongeOctober 2, 2019
This past Saturday morning, I attended a workshop at The Colossian Forum's annual conference. The workshop was titled Beyond Good…
Heidi S. De JongeSeptember 18, 2019
When it comes to "what to say" and "what not to say" to someone who is grieving, I have come…
Heidi S. De JongeJuly 24, 2019
I will always remember the first birthday card my new mother-in-law gave to me as her daughter-in-law. I don't remember…
Heidi S. De JongeJuly 10, 2019
This Sunday afternoon, I will be officiating the wedding of a young woman in my congregation. Given that she is…
Heidi S. De JongeJune 26, 2019
Note: If a film in which two socially awkward men make up paddleball games, do jigsaw puzzles, watch kung-fu movies,…
Heidi S. De JongeJune 12, 2019
A number of months ago, I wrote a reflection on being written into the story, inspired by Frodo Baggins and…
Heidi S. De JongeMay 29, 2019
