At my house this Advent, we have become unintentional liturgical season purists. Two days before Christmas, and still not one…

Having seen The Last Jedi twice, and having read numerous interpretations and critiques, I admit I enjoyed the film. I…

It's the shortest day of the year today. The winter solstice will occur in approximately 2.5 hours from the writing…

I had hoped for a beautiful and lengthy post reflecting on the gravitas of Christmas, but alas, I don't have…

In Marilynne Robinson's luminous epistolary novel Gilead we read the musings of the Rev. John Ames.   Ames is coming to…

The Christmas holiday makes some people nuts. Seriously nuts. There’s a reason why George Costanza’s father, Frank, decided to reject…

By Tom Boogaart A few years ago, an historic Reformed Church was celebrating its sesquicentennial and inviting various people to…

by Chuck DeGroat Pardon the length of this piece, but we really need to talk. It’s become inevitable that I’ll…

If I heard it once, I heard the story a dozen times. It was all about the gendered shape of…

by Kate Kooyman We’re doing a little craft after dinner during Advent -- I read parts of the story of…