Blog Doormats, Serpents, and Doves A recent article in the New York Times addressed the troubling rise of a militant form of Christian Nationalism and…Scott HoezeeFebruary 2, 2021
Blog Somebody should do something I know that it’s easy these days to complain about politics and government. Here’s the thing, “we the people” is…Ann KansfieldFebruary 1, 2021
Blog A Gift to You from the Land of Restorative Justice I ’ve never been able to figure out a way to write about Restorative Justice or Restorative Practices without getting…Jen Holmes CurranJanuary 31, 2021
Blog Sacramental Transparency The ordinary stuff of the physical world, the very fundamentals of survival provided by God, are transformed through human art…Debra RienstraJanuary 30, 2021
Blog Just another word On my mother's side, my Dutch-American ancestry has been here since before the American Civil War. My people were among…James C. SchaapJanuary 29, 2021
Blog Civil Religion, Democracy, and Every Square Inch (again) A Response to Daniel Meeter Daniel:As I said in the Comments on the day you posted it, I really appreciate…James BrattJanuary 28, 2021
Blog Seraphine Seeing Years ago, I made reference in a literature class to Clint Eastwood’s boxing picture, Million Dollar Baby (2004). A student…Roy AnkerJanuary 27, 2021
Blog Nature has its own religion My father-in-law died last summer from COVID-19. Minimizers and deniers might ask “Did he die of COVID? Or with COVID?”…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJanuary 26, 2021
Blog Cleansing the Temple During this month of January the world watched two remarkable expressions of American Civil Religion, two weeks apart, at the…Daniel MeeterJanuary 25, 2021
Blog To Love The Life That Is My Own What can it mean to love the lifethat is my own?It is to love the longings,the loss,the fears,that always find…Will ForsytheJanuary 24, 2021