Blog It Happened on a Monday We’re not very good at making connections between Monday’s, Tuesday’s or Wednesday’s events, and what happened later in the famed…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellApril 12, 2022
Blog A Smaller Span We’d all agree that white, American, Protestant churches have become “nichier,” more homogeneous.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMarch 29, 2022
Blog Rehabilitating Jimmy Carter Perhaps I could blame Jimmy Carter for my political cynicism. After all, he gets blamed for so many other things.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMarch 15, 2022
Blog Grace-filled Separation Grace-filled suggests that our splintering would be nice splintering, genteel splintering. We’re good people, after all. We’re Christians.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellFebruary 15, 2022
Blog The news and Biden at one year No one, including Biden himself, is suggesting he should be added to Mount Rushmore. And that’s okay. I’m content with…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJanuary 18, 2022
Blog Too Late The door is shut. It’s too late. Those words still sting a little. But maybe in a good way.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 7, 2021
Blog Why Do People Give? Often when you read "The Twelve," savor a poem, or ponder a podcast on the RJ site, don’t you find…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellNovember 30, 2021
Blog Reformed Love Pop culture swoons about love so much. Every once in a while they can’t help but veer into Reformed love.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellNovember 16, 2021
Blog The Path + Ten Can I call a path “cute”? So precise and worn, bounded by knee-high weeds, completely invisible from the road.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellNovember 2, 2021
Blog I Kissed Giving Up Faith Goodbye Deconstructing faith can be shocking and painful, a little bit gleeful and freeing. Often there’s a tendency to be somewhat…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellOctober 19, 2021