In the United States we mark summer’s parameters with a pair of Monday holidays: Memorial Day begins the summer season…
Scott HoezeeAugust 31, 2021
We were tired, sore, crabby, and all of us had doubts about whether or not we would survive the next…
Chad PierceAugust 29, 2021
Director David Lowery, who also produced and wrote the film, has stripped out almost all of the subtle satirical commentary…
Debra RienstraAugust 28, 2021
A few scrappy, three-foot cuttings, no bigger than buggy whips, are coming up from the front yards of a half-dozen…
James C. SchaapAugust 27, 2021
The living earthy smell of perpetually wet sandstones. A smell from an ancient ocean. The gurgle and pop of small…
Tim Van DeelenAugust 26, 2021
I just don’t buy the apple. Not because apples need cooler winters than those of the Middle East. We don’t have…
David HoekemaAugust 25, 2021
Ten bits and pieces to sample. I hope at least one will make you smile or cry, wince or wonder.
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellAugust 24, 2021
Freedom has become a buzzword of a particular identity. I don’t know what to call this identity. It gets expressed…
Jeff MunroeAugust 23, 2021
Like many pastors, I both enjoy and am embarrassed by the church signs that congregations create to lure in people…
Chad PierceAugust 22, 2021
