Every now and again and again, I offer here a buffet of little notes. So please line up to see…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellOctober 27, 2020
The soup ladle pictured above is from Bonnemaman’s girlhood home. Bonnemaman was my wife’s lovable, buoyant grandmother whose life came…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellSeptember 15, 2020
Don’t try to figure out your own life. That’s too much. The most we can hope for is to try…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellSeptember 1, 2020
The first football game I ever attended in Iowa pitted the Dutch against the Norse. Who knew such strong ethnic…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellAugust 19, 2020
Can a flailing, often failing, young Muslim man present the most appealing portrayal of “religion” on recent television? A millennial…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellAugust 4, 2020
I'm satisfied with just a cottage belowA little silver and a little goldBut in that city where the ransomed will…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 7, 2020
I never did put a fish sticker on the back of my car. Many years ago, I considered it for…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJune 23, 2020
Jesus says, “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost,…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 26, 2020
When the Covid-19 pandemic appeared, it soon became apparent that most annual gatherings of Christian denominations in the USA would…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 14, 2020
