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
Blog Names & Power The 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: Ramy Can 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 Hilltop I'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 Witness I never did put a fish sticker on the back of my car. Many years ago, I considered it for…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJune 23, 2020
Blog Two Takes on a Pandemic Jesus says, “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost,…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 26, 2020
Blog Pandemic, Postponing, and Polity When the Covid-19 pandemic appeared, it soon became apparent that most annual gatherings of Christian denominations in the USA would…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 14, 2020
Blog Three Sweet Stories I flatter myself and say that someday historians will note when The Twelve stopped being All-COVID-19-All-the-Time as an important landmark…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellApril 28, 2020