Blog Children of God?The entire family is now gathered around Uncle Bill, singing along as he plays those old favorites on his accordion.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellAugust 16, 2022
Blog Anti-Climactic CommunionDoes 31 years ago count as “not long ago”? This was the first thing I ever had published in Perspectives…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellAugust 2, 2022
Blog My Vision at SynodI was right on the cusp of sleep. You know that hazy, la-la land where you think you’re awake.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 20, 2022
Blog Rethinking FreedomSomething troubling is afoot in our world. Scapegoating, authoritarianism, conformity, and freedom only for good people, normal people, our kind…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 5, 2022
Blog Save Us from the Time of TrialShe was no jackbooted sadist. I would bet she was a good neighbor -- eager to loan you two eggs…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJune 7, 2022
Blog Go to the Wedding!Non-traditional weddings raise anxieties, uncertainties, and fear. What does it signal if I attend? Am I complicit? Am I condoning?Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 18, 2022
Blog It Happened on a MondayWe’re not very good at making connections between Monday’s, Tuesday’s or Wednesday’s events, and what happened later in the famed…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellApril 12, 2022
Blog A Smaller SpanWe’d all agree that white, American, Protestant churches have become “nichier,” more homogeneous.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMarch 29, 2022
Blog Rehabilitating Jimmy CarterPerhaps I could blame Jimmy Carter for my political cynicism. After all, he gets blamed for so many other things.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMarch 15, 2022
Blog Grace-filled SeparationGrace-filled suggests that our splintering would be nice splintering, genteel splintering. We’re good people, after all. We’re Christians.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellFebruary 15, 2022