Blog The word as guest Maybe it's the end of the semester, maybe it's recent national and world events, maybe it's the year I've had,…Jennifer L. HolbergDecember 16, 2015
Blog Giving Tuesday Yes, I know. I’m two weeks late. Two weeks ago, December 1, was Giving Tuesday—joining the ranks of Black Friday,…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 15, 2015
Blog Lift up Your Voices, the Lord is Near Today, The Twelve is pleased to introduce our newest, regular contributor. Brian Keepers is the Minister of Preaching and Congregational…Brian KeepersDecember 14, 2015
Blog The Third Sunday of Advent Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known…Beth CarrollDecember 13, 2015
Blog No Words Fall It must begin with Zechariah’s silence. Nothing against poor old Zechariah. Who can blame him for asking a decent question?…Debra RienstraDecember 11, 2015
Blog Faith and Reason in San Bernadino The woman in the story was a practiced marksmen, or so authorities have concluded. When she and her husband got…James C. SchaapDecember 11, 2015
Blog Murmurations Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. The…Thomas GoodhartDecember 10, 2015
Blog Have Yourself a Mournful Little Christmas Reverend Jes Kast-Keat is away today and invited Reverend Annie Reilly to write in her place. Reverend Reilly is the…Jes KastDecember 9, 2015
Blog Deadly Perspective About 100 years ago two very respected figures were deeply worried about a trend involving the mass media. Actually, it…Scott HoezeeDecember 8, 2015
Blog The Voluntary Secularization of Christmas by Rebecca Koerselman The Dutch celebrate Sinterklaas day on December 6th. As someone with numerous Dutch ancestors, I felt the…Rebecca KoerselmanDecember 7, 2015