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
Blog The news and Biden at one yearNo one, including Biden himself, is suggesting he should be added to Mount Rushmore. And that’s okay. I’m content with…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJanuary 18, 2022