Blog Dangerous Atheists? It is the unvarnished dismissal of ideals like human equality, decency, peace, and respect for life.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellNovember 26, 2024
Blog Echo Chamber or Community? A community gives you the energy to come out of your echo chamber or silo or isolation, or whatever image…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellNovember 14, 2024
Blog Observations and Oddities My collection of observations, oddities, and other tidbits. If one doesn’t do much for you, maybe the next one will. Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellSeptember 17, 2024
Blog Pastors Who Quit It seems like more people I know and respect are stepping away from the pastorate – sometimes even stepping away…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellSeptember 3, 2024
Blog Wooly Tangled, pungent, rumpled. A bit feral. Maybe antiquarian. Almost a little bit delightfully disgusting. Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellAugust 6, 2024
Blog A Church Like Aldi I remember when it was considered a good idea for churches to look and feel like shopping malls, a place…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 9, 2024
Blog Vivek’s Truth (and why hope is better) Not far from my home I encountered a phalanx of “Truth” yard signs along a busy street. Probably 12 to…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJune 11, 2024
Blog Rethinking Revolution The revolution was just too. severe, radical, anti-church, and violent.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 14, 2024
Blog Will You Help Us? We had to find or build or buy a new website in short order. And, as usual, we didn’t have…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellApril 30, 2024
Blog Thinking About the Departed Our beliefs about our dead family and friends are both tender and explosive. We don’t want them trifled with.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMarch 19, 2024