This summer we’ve been preaching on food, meals, and banquets in the Bible. What comes to your mind? What stories…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellAugust 27, 2019
If you’re of a certain age, (or possibly any age?) you can’t hear the story of Zacchaeus without breaking into…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 2, 2019
Yesterday was Pentecost, meaning that this coming Sunday is known as Trinity Sunday. I used to make fun of Trinity…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJune 10, 2019
The adult discussion group at church was talking about “Faith and Creation Care.” As expected, the creation stories of Genesis…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 31, 2019
In an odd, little corner of the world that I sometimes inhabit, people are celebrating the four-hundredth anniversary of the…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 21, 2019
The Reformed tradition gives us so many reasons not to hate, not to be white nationalists, not to be anti-Semitic.…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 7, 2019
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is so mighty, so deep, so all-encompassing, it invites us to go into our pasts,…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellApril 23, 2019
beliefs and doctrines that are just beyond the pale. Nonetheless, they are attractive. They make sense in their own way.…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellApril 9, 2019
If Joseph felt any humiliation, it must have been more than offset by the incredible pride and delight at what…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMarch 12, 2019
