Blog Park Lane improv Okay, this little story feels for all the world like urban myth, but some stories just beg to be told…James C. SchaapDecember 24, 2021
Blog The Reluctant Angel Emily Dickinson and I have one thing in common. We both had fathers who, in her words, “frowned on Santa…John J. TimmermanDecember 23, 2021
Blog Three Questions to Ask when Building a Creative Community If there was ever a time to go out of your way to get people feeling connected, it’s now. IOlivia MasonDecember 22, 2021
Blog Sun The ancient hymn suggests a reality between what we can know from empirical science and what we consign to metaphor.…Tim Van DeelenDecember 21, 2021
Blog The Empty Pew Pandemic Many whose church affiliation was tenuous before the pandemic have found they can go on fine without coming back. Some…Jeff MunroeDecember 20, 2021
Blog Being Disturbed at Christmas If the Christmas story loses its grit, so does the call of Jesus. Indulgent emotionalism makes the cross as only…Nate PyleDecember 19, 2021
Blog The Boy Who Loves Presents If we could fill a balloon with all that excitement built up throughout childhood, I think we’d float away!Katy SundararajanDecember 18, 2021
Blog Pondering Covid Mary pondered all the things. I love this little bit in Luke 2. In the blaze and rush of the…Heidi S. De JongeDecember 17, 2021
Blog On Awkward Space I am encouraged again to live in this real world, to share space with real people; not pretending our history…Nathan GroenewoldDecember 16, 2021
Blog A Broken Advent I have a really pathetic Advent candle situation happening in my house this season. It’s because the taper candles I…Kate KooymanDecember 15, 2021