Yesterday, Mary Oliver released a new collected edition of her work, aptly titled Devotions. I think often of Oliver's poems--contemporary…
Jennifer L. HolbergOctober 11, 2017
By Brian Keepers “So what’s the story of the Sioux?” she asks me. The question comes whistling out of the…
Brian KeepersOctober 9, 2017
By Heidi De Jonge The place of prayer. There is the place of pastoral prayer: A hospital room. A living…
Heidi S. De JongeOctober 8, 2017
“Beauty—from that which we see in nature to that which is expressed in words of art—, precisely because it broadens…
Debra RienstraOctober 7, 2017
Just exactly how many wives he had—or has, since he’s only out of circulation, not breath—isn’t clear. Estimations go beyond…
James C. SchaapOctober 6, 2017
I fully intended to write a political screed today. Feed the outrage machine. Bait the clicks. Gin up controversy. Hurricanes,…
Sarina Gruver MooreOctober 5, 2017
“The world feels high lonesome and heartbroken to me right now. We’ve sorted ourselves into fractions based on our politics…
Jes KastOctober 4, 2017
This is not the first time I have blogged about guns in America. A couple of years ago I suggested…
Scott HoezeeOctober 3, 2017
What is the best way to enact change in society? Do polite requests work? Are we to act like the…
Rebecca KoerselmanOctober 2, 2017
