Our Easter celebrations are not laden with the affection and cheer, the memories and emotional wallop of Christmas.
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellApril 6, 2021
Have we settled on a name for the events of January 6 yet? “Capitol Riot” is what I hear most.…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellFebruary 9, 2021
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
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
On occasion my sermons take the form of “Tales from New Heidelberg” -- stories centered around Pastor Branderhorst and old…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 29, 2020
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
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
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
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
