by Allison Vander Broek A few months ago I presented a paper at a fascinating conference. The conference was a…

This morning we welcome Dordt History professor Paul Fessler as a guest contributor to the 12. Paul is a New…

by Kate Kooyman My job is to talk to churches about social justice. So I’m no stranger to the argument…

by Norman Kolenbrander As we drove out of the city of Krakow, Poland, strips of ripening barley, oats, and rye…

Patriotism comes easily to people. We all innately like and appreciate the place we are from. Contrary to voices we…

By Brian Keepers This past Christmas my sister-in-law, an ordained minister in the RCA and a Ph.D. student at Wheaton,…

by Katy Sundararajan I am the one who prepares for the trips that we take in our household. My husband…

  Sumac and scrubby grass, dense-leaved oaks and maples, jumbles of every possible green. Blue spruce, Douglas fir, white pines,…

The word lobotomy strikes terror in the heart of most of us today, despite the fact that the procedure was once the…

For several summers I’ve taught a course on global literature organized around the topic of “Apocalypse.” But the course material…