Blog Tracks in the Snow Now here 15 years, I have a happy association of kid laughter and snow. Following the first snow last week,…Tim Van DeelenDecember 26, 2020
Blog Let It Be For this Christmas Day 2020 I offer this meditation/sermon from Luke 1:26-38: Those of us who are parents, grandparents, uncles,…Scott HoezeeDecember 25, 2020
Blog The Weary World Rejoices In his perhaps most Ron Weasley-ish moment, Ron responds to Hermione’s description of the many emotions Cho Chang is experiencing…Laura de JongDecember 24, 2020
Blog The Carol Sing in a Different December “It doesn’t really feel like Christmas, Dad.” My daughter tugs sharply at my shirt to get my attention, and gestures…Jared AyersDecember 23, 2020
Blog In Gratitude for a Son If he was worth loving, he is worth grieving over. Grief is existential testimony to the worth of the one…Robert HubbardDecember 22, 2020
Blog The Trauma of White America When Mark Charles visits schools, college campuses, and communities, he always begins by introducing himself. According to the matrilineal Diné…Rebecca KoerselmanDecember 21, 2020
Blog Advent is for the Excluded — Burnt Peanut Brittle A green, glass dish of peanut brittle always sat on top of Grandma’s microwave at Christmas time. In those days,…April FietDecember 20, 2020
Blog Last-Minute Gifts to Make a Bummer Pandemic Holiday Slightly Better Well, you can tell Mom and Dad that “you” will indeed be present. And “you” will have lost a great…Debra RienstraDecember 19, 2020
Blog First Cry in a Stable It's not a new story. I wrote it more than a decade ago, so it may well show its age.…James C. SchaapDecember 18, 2020
Blog Building a Boat My kids have a favorite new show: “Alone.” It’s a reality show where survival experts are dropped off in remote…Kate KooymanDecember 17, 2020