In the first week of Advent—no, make it a good week before Advent, sometime in the run-up to Thanksgiving—the first…
James BrattDecember 20, 2014
I’m writing this blog for me and you. It’s about our personal and collective response to racism, particularly a kind…
Theresa LatiniDecember 18, 2014
The Tuesday afternoon before Thanksgiving I left the house to run errands—only to spot a large, brown mass huddled in…
Jennifer L. HolbergDecember 17, 2014
Joy doesn’t come easily to me. Or more accurately, exuberance. Skipping like a lamb isn’t a way I typically emote.…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 16, 2014
A few months ago, early one morning, on my way into one of the hospitals where I work occasional chaplain…
Jessica BrattDecember 15, 2014
by Marijke Strong A six week commitment to writing has shown me how habitually I pile up words, often in…
Marijke StrongDecember 14, 2014
Director Ridley Scott had me at the thundering hooves. I should not have enjoyed the two-and-a-half hours I spent…
Debra RienstraDecember 12, 2014
War stories normally take on the motif of initiation because no one, thank goodness, is ever prepared for watching…
James C. SchaapDecember 12, 2014
I first met Mildred in the early spring of 1997 just about a month before she passed away. Born in…
Thomas GoodhartDecember 11, 2014
