Blog Hindsight Moving forward in an intentional way involves a lot of sorting. And it involves grief.Dana VanderLugtFebruary 22, 2021
Blog Church Years for Myrtle Takken for her 95th YearGrandma walks toward Easter one more time;I see her walking not toward church but…Melody MeeterFebruary 21, 2021
Blog The Snow Pile Today we will consider the snow pile at the end of my driveway. These days you may have one too.…Katy SundararajanFebruary 20, 2021
Blog The Time is Now for Immigration Reform When my family moved to Sioux Center fifteen years ago the neighborhood was very different from how it looks today.…Jason LiefFebruary 19, 2021
Blog Asombrado On Tuesday morning I looked up from the plank position I had been holding and saw a dolphin. And then…Laura de JongFebruary 18, 2021
Blog What are the ashes about? “What are the ashes about?"The question was sincere. My church has never done Ash Wednesday before -- at least not…Jared AyersFebruary 17, 2021
Blog Gravitating to Shalom A C-SPAN video has gone viral (how often can you say that!?). It was shot Friday morning outside the White…Scott HoezeeFebruary 16, 2021
Blog Ghosting Among the younger folk, ‘ghosting’ refers to a sudden and immediate cessation of all communication toward a person, digitally, physically,…Rebecca KoerselmanFebruary 15, 2021
Blog Does Prayer Work? Prayer is difficult in a technological age like ours. Our minds have been shaped by the efficiency, quantification, objectivity of…Jen Holmes CurranFebruary 14, 2021
Blog Pandemic Check-up Let’s test your reflexes, shall we? Oh. Oh my. Are you feeling numbness or tingling in your extremities? Um. I…Debra RienstraFebruary 13, 2021