Blog But I Don’t Want to Be an Idol-Worshipper! One Christmas, I was probably about ten years old, I made a last-minute switcheroo in what I wanted for Christmas.…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 12, 2017
Blog The End of Palestine Dear Readers, Last Wednesday President Trump “made good” on a campaign promise to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the…Brian KeepersDecember 11, 2017
Blog Advent and Rhododendrons By Tom Boogaart My house once had a carefully designed garden. Azaleas, rhododendrons, hostas, a dogwood tree, a rose of…Tom BoogaartDecember 10, 2017
Blog First Person from Debra Rienstra--I’m sorry that I have to be away today. But I would like to remind you of our…Jenna GriffinDecember 9, 2017
Blog Incarnation Revolution Listening to NPR the other day I heard a story about a metal band from New Zealand with the name…Jason LiefDecember 8, 2017
Blog Giant Inflatable Baby Jesus By Sarina Gruver Moore Raise your hand if you have one of these in your yard. C’mon. Some of you…Sarina Gruver MooreDecember 7, 2017
Blog Mary the Silence Breaker This morning Time Magazine released the news that their Person of the Year are the Silence Breakers, women who have…Jes KastDecember 6, 2017
Blog Wilderness Shalom Note: As we begin Advent, I offer this meditation based on Mark 1:1-13 that I gave in the Calvin Seminary…Scott HoezeeDecember 5, 2017
Blog We All Have Stories The Civil Rights Act of 1964 barred discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other facilities,…Rebecca KoerselmanDecember 4, 2017
Blog All Advent, All the Time By Tom Boogaart Both of my parents died in late winter of this year, and we committed their bodies to the…Tom BoogaartDecember 3, 2017