Blog Morning RoutinesMorning routines. We all have them. Unless you’re like Pentecostals and contemporary worship folk who say they have no order…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 1, 2020
Blog Trouble in ProvidenceSomeday I’m going to compile a list of “Christian words” which need a 200 year time out -- mothballed until…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellNovember 24, 2020
Blog Oddities, Observations & OpinionsEvery now and again and again, I offer here a buffet of little notes. So please line up to see…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellOctober 27, 2020
Blog Get On the Bus!Back in the day when I was a faithful mass transit rider, the best bus route for me dropped me…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellOctober 13, 2020
Blog Bonnemaman’s Ladle, Progress, and HopeThe 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
Blog My Mom, Fear, and John WayneDon’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
Blog Names & PowerThe first football game I ever attended in Iowa pitted the Dutch against the Norse. Who knew such strong ethnic…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellAugust 19, 2020
Blog Endearing, Muslim Millennial: RamyCan a flailing, often failing, young Muslim man present the most appealing portrayal of “religion” on recent television? A millennial…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellAugust 4, 2020
Blog A Mansion Just Over the HilltopI'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
Blog To Be a WitnessI never did put a fish sticker on the back of my car. Many years ago, I considered it for…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJune 23, 2020