Jeff Japinga is substituting today for Lynn Japinga, who is substituting for Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell while he is on sabbatical. Jeff is…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellSeptember 25, 2012
From Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell Lynn Japinga is substituting for Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell while he is on sabbatical. She teaches religion at Hope…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 31, 2012
I’ve received a surprising number of links and blogs about how ministers should dress. But the ones I’ve seen have…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 17, 2012
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
In the spring of 2003, I went to Haiti for the first time with a group from our church. Like…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJune 19, 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
