I have this weird knack of looking for Calvinism-of-a-sort, oddly appearing in pop culture, especially music and sappy romantic love.…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJune 28, 2016
It’s the most astounding answer I have received in all my years of teaching. The topic at hand was the…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 17, 2016
“Regular” worship attendance is now defined as participating twice in one month, according to EWSA, Evangelical Worship Statistics of America.…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 3, 2016
I can still see the bright red oxygenated blood spilling out of my sister’s head. Researchers increasingly say memories from…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellApril 19, 2016
I’m an animal lover. Furry creatures have their way with me. Except for opossums. They look greasy, grey, and snarly.…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellApril 5, 2016
It’s Tuesday, the Tuesday of Holy Week. I am a pretty-informed, long-term Christian. Yet for much of my life, if…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMarch 22, 2016
A fragment from an early Chrestiene document; commonly referred to as The Axe of the Apostles. Certain people came from…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMarch 8, 2016
Like many of you, words matter to me. I select them carefully. In theological contexts, there are some words I…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellFebruary 9, 2016
It’s fun to live in Iowa! Who knew? But every four years, we are the center of the political universe.…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJanuary 26, 2016
