Reformed theology is for all of us who carry guilt and shame. It’s for those of us who are exhausted…
Betsy DeVriesOctober 31, 2021
In an earlier post about reading my late mom’s diaries from the 1960s, I briefly mentioned how often she wrote…
Heidi S. De JongeOctober 29, 2021
Is the attempt to describe the heart of Jesus doomed from the start because we feel our words – a…
Laura de JongOctober 28, 2021
I got to know someone who had an insatiable thirst for living. Michael loved wine, and music, and gardening, and…
Jared AyersOctober 27, 2021
In May of 2019—pre-pandemic and so what seems like a whole world ago—I wrote a blog here on The Twelve…
Scott HoezeeOctober 26, 2021
Iowa officially joined the United States in 1846, and fought on the side of the Union during the Civil War.…
Rebecca KoerselmanOctober 25, 2021
Why is it hard to plant seeds in new places? For me, it’s the unfamiliarity and uncertainty of it. Will…
Betsy DeVriesOctober 24, 2021
So let’s call this an exercise in religio-anthropological observation. A kind of disambiguation attempt.
Debra RienstraOctober 23, 2021
We resisted the current cultural norm of running to our silos, sitting in our own predetermined circles, and telling each…
Sarah Palsma and Chad PierceOctober 22, 2021
