Chickamauga was a very costly Confederate victory. The total of 16,000 Union casualties was second only to the Battle of…

Rev. Katy Sundararajan is back at The Twelve today. She is the Th.M. Program Administrator and International Student Advisor at Western…

Last week I sat in on an oral Ph.D. dissertation defense that focused on a Bible commentator from the 17th…

It is common to the human condition, unless you live in isolation and never have any contact with any one.…

by Deb Mechler Once I stayed overnight in Omaha, Nebraska, because my flight got in late, and I don’t trust…

Two weeks ago a friend and I took a bike trip. I bought a book—Road Biking Minnesota—so we drove up to Willmar,…

I’m one of the original twelve. (No, not apostles.) I’ve been blogging here for the past five years. And I…

by Monica Schaap Pierce “You don’t know Mary Oliver?” a friend asked earnestly. “You must remedy that,” she continued, “You’d…