Blog Nature has its own religion My father-in-law died last summer from COVID-19. Minimizers and deniers might ask “Did he die of COVID? Or with COVID?”…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJanuary 26, 2021
Blog The Dutch and John Wayne The United States Post Office in Pella, Iowa is a little jewel. The small but stately red brick colonial structure…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJanuary 12, 2021
Blog Christmas Changes Everything On occasion my sermons take the form of “Tales from New Heidelberg” -- stories centered around Pastor Branderhorst and old…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 29, 2020
Blog Advent Gloom Advent: Discipleship in DarknessAn original work of poetry by moi Darkness. The dreadful darkness. The dismal darkness. The dreary darkness.…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 15, 2020
Blog Morning Routines Morning 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 Providence Someday 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 & Opinions Every 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 Hope The 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 Wayne Don’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