Blog Dark Vocation Scott Culpepper started a Sherlock thread here on the Twelve earlier this month, and I’m happy to continue that thread…Debra RienstraApril 21, 2017
Blog “In, but not of” stuff She'd asked me to drop by her class because the topic seemed like something I'd have some thoughts about. That's…James C. SchaapApril 21, 2017
Blog On Being Fourteen, and Dumb This is a story about learning the hard way how to be vulnerable. The summer before I started high school…Sarina Gruver MooreApril 20, 2017
Blog As I Lay Dying: He is Risen Indeed by Jane Zwart William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying is a hard read. Published in 2310, As I Lay…Jane ZwartApril 19, 2017
Blog First and Last My wife and I slipped away to Chicago for a few days at the end of the recent Spring Break…Scott HoezeeApril 18, 2017
Blog Bright Monday! Polish children celebrate Bright Monday with a water fight! Bright Monday! Easter Monday. It is a tradition among some Christians—not…The 12 EditorApril 17, 2017
Blog What I Love About Easter, Redux I am continually struck by the intermingling of cultural and secular ideas with Christian holidays. Spring is my favorite season.…Rebecca KoerselmanApril 17, 2017
Blog No fanfare, no earthquakes, no crowd by Chad Pierce he is risen. he is risen indeed. He Is Risen. He Is Risen Indeed. HE IS RISEN!…Chad PierceApril 16, 2017
Blog The Silence of Consummation by Steven Rodriguez Not all silences are the same. There’s a world of difference between the silences of cessation, caesura,…Steven RodriguezApril 15, 2017
Blog St. Francis and Good Friday When playing the hero went terribly wrong, and he had recovered from his injuries, Saint Francis came upon a broken down…Jason LiefApril 14, 2017