Blog The StudioWay back when, I remember Richard Mouw once saying that the whole Christian world would be better off if we'd…James C. SchaapJune 15, 2012
Blog Moving DramaRained here Saturday night. My father-in-law's little gauge--the old farmer in him couldn't really live without one--registered three-quarters of an…James C. SchaapMay 31, 2012
Blog EpitaphJust a week or so ago, Frederick Manfred would have celebrated his 100th birthday, had he lived. He didn't. He died…James C. SchaapMay 17, 2012
Blog Jesus on the StreetOf its origins, I'm not quite sure--some freak shop in Old Town, Chicago, circa 1968. I remember being with my…James C. SchaapMay 3, 2012
Blog Dick Clark–may he rest in peaceI was born in 1948, but it took me a while to understand the world into which I was, that…James C. SchaapApril 20, 2012
Blog Good FridayI envy monastics--sometimes. I envy their intent to zero in on the Christian faith, to delete every iota of worldly…James C. SchaapApril 6, 2012
Blog That searing stemwinder Our lindens are just about the tallest trees in town, I swear. And there he was, high up top,…James C. SchaapMarch 23, 2012
Blog In just springMaybe a good teacher could have tried it, some whirling dervish with Obama’s eloquence, Solomon’s wisdom, and Tina Fay’s comic…James C. SchaapMarch 8, 2012
Blog Take it from Mother Teresa". . .to the great God, nothing is little. . ." You know?--I really ought to imprint that line on…James C. SchaapFebruary 24, 2012
Blog What little I know about monarchy Last summer, we’d just passed the bridge at Nijmegen where, 600 yards to the west, hundreds of GIs paddled…James C. SchaapFebruary 10, 2012