A Letter to My Congregation: An evangelical pastor’s path to embracing people who are gay, lesbian and transgender into the…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellAugust 25, 2014
My father, Eugene Vander Well, died on July 8. Below is the eulogy I offered at his memorial service. If…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 29, 2014
Today we welcome guest-blogger, Josh Bode. Josh is minister of the Woodstock Reformed Church, in Woodstock, New York. What happens…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 14, 2014
“I never want to attend another meeting with large sheets of newsprint on the wall and colored markers on the…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJune 29, 2014
Today we welcome Elizabeth Brown Hardeman as a guest-blogger on The Twelve. Elizabeth is a minister in the Reformed Church…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJune 16, 2014
I can't believe how many Protestants have suddenly become Roman Catholic in their anti-Obamacare arguments. Please listen carefully, all you…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJune 3, 2014
Is no theology preferable to bad theology? In my town, Pella, Iowa, Tulip Time was almost three weeks ago. The…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 17, 2014
It was a facetious question. More or less. “Have you ever considered planting churches that are very intentionally open and…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 6, 2014
Playing hide-and-seek as a kid, when the game was over, we would yell out “Olly, olly, oxen free.” Only recently…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellApril 22, 2014
