Blog A Snowy Night in the Alps As was our custom, we spent a few nights in a little village in the Alps, my father’s ancestral village.Sophie Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 10, 2024
Blog A Letter to Arie and Hattie (and all who are baptized) Being a family always involves a risk. But being a family of adoption brings special challenges and maybe even greater…Sophie Mathonnet-VanderWellAugust 7, 2022
Blog A Letter to Evelyn (and to all who are baptized) Did you hear Jesus telling his followers to “stay awake”? That’s probably not a message you hear a lot! Instead,…Sophie Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 31, 2022
Blog A Letter to Saylor, Zoey, and Fynn (and to all who are baptized) You three have a head start in knowing that human life -- if it is to reflect the image of…Sophie Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 24, 2022
Blog A Letter to Will (and all who are baptized) In one little gesture, they are placing you in the boat, joining Jochebed, the mother of Moses, when she placed…Sophie Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 17, 2022
Blog A Letter to Noah (and all who are baptized) Today, Noah, you will pass through the waters. I chuckle to think of it, for your biblical ancestor – the…Sophie Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 10, 2022
Blog A Letter to Hannah (and all who are baptized) Dear Hannah, I am writing to you on the most important day of your life! You may be surprised that…Sophie Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 3, 2022
Blog What I Saw at General Synod, II This week, yesterday, today, and tomorrow, we will be hearing from six delegates to the Reformed Church in America's General…Sophie Mathonnet-VanderWell and Dwayne JacksonOctober 21, 2021