This guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, “Doc, uh, my brother's crazy, he thinks he's a chicken,” and uh,…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 3, 2012
It is one of those hackneyed Christian questions, carrying just enough subtle guilt to fulfill most Christians’ need to feel…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJune 5, 2012
Averagely scrumptious. Tolerably ravishing. Mediocrely luxurious. Do such phrases make sense you? How about “common grace.” A bit oxymoronic, perhaps?…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 22, 2012
We all believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that there is a single and simple spiritual being,…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 8, 2012
How’s that for a title to appeal to your prurient interests? Actually, and to my own embarrassment, I once uttered…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellApril 24, 2012
I never read Rob Bell’s Love Wins. Along with the youth in our congregation, I have appreciated his Nooma video…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellApril 10, 2012
Ewwwh—that’s just gross! It is wrong on so many levels. I often hear people, Christians actually, making visceral comments like…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMarch 27, 2012
“I grew up in a home where we believed in miracles. We took the Bible literally—or at least we said…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMarch 13, 2012
This is a story of two of my good friends. They don’t really know each other beyond name and face,…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellFebruary 28, 2012
