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
Blog A CO Hero Pete was raised in smalltown Iowa by a Lutheran father and a Mennonite mother.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellFebruary 20, 2024
Blog Joe Biden’s Age I turned 65 yesterday. Earlier this month I joined the very popular and successful government-run national healthcare plan. Thank you!…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJanuary 23, 2024
Blog Stand up To stand and say a creed feels like pressure, conformity.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJanuary 9, 2024