Last week I presided over my sixteenth funeral since taking up post as pastor of Second CRC two and a…
Laura de JongJanuary 30, 2020
I’ve been thinking a lot about happiness recently. And how to get more of it. In early December I had…
Laura de JongJanuary 2, 2020
For the past eight weeks, members of my church have been participating in a small group series we called StoryLab.…
Laura de JongDecember 5, 2019
Thanksgiving in November still feels a bit foreign to me. In the “true north, strong and free” Thanksgiving is celebrated…
Laura de JongNovember 28, 2019
“Not knowing where you’re going isn’t an excuse not to write.” Pardon the triple negative. In my defense, it’s not…
Laura de JongNovember 14, 2019
Tuesday. Lorelle and I, having decided that at twenty-eight we are much too old to stand for an entire concert…
Laura de JongOctober 31, 2019
Fact. I love Survivor. As a kid I went to my neighbor’s house on Wednesday nights (during summer of course,…
Laura de JongOctober 17, 2019
The table came with the house, and like the house, it was old, a little tired, and rather nondescript. With…
Laura de JongOctober 3, 2019
I want to take back the Song of Songs. I want to take it back from its designation as “Wedding…
Laura de JongSeptember 19, 2019
