Blog Lessons from My Students: The Church Many of you have had a tough experience with a congregation. I’m sorry about that. But I also hope that…Lynn JapingaNovember 26, 2023
Blog Rose the interpreter On our best days we look out at a world that sometimes seems gone mad, but a world for which…James C. SchaapNovember 25, 2023
Blog Learning to be Astonished We practice learning to be astonished at God’s glorious works, in the tiniest of hummingbirds, in our lives, and in…Debra RienstraNovember 25, 2023
Blog You Are Not Enough There is Enough, and we can draw from and contribute toward that Enough together.Heidi S. De JongeNovember 24, 2023
Blog Lightning and Thunder As surely as gratitude follows grace, generosity follows gratitude.Jeff MunroeNovember 24, 2023
Blog Rice and Raisins Imagine where your potato grew, how the soil microbes nourished it. Imagine the wetland where your cranberries ripenedTim Van DeelenNovember 23, 2023
Blog “To Feast with the Unpresentable” I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1 Isn't…Jennifer L. HolbergNovember 22, 2023
Blog Welcome to Coon Rapids My own disappointments and concerns are allayed somehow when I see others facing different, yet still similar, difficulties.Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellNovember 21, 2023
Blog “Tell them not to forget us!” It’s been over a month since that terrible day on October 7 when Hamas militants broke through Israeli security and…Brian KeepersNovember 20, 2023
Blog Lessons from My Students: Sexuality What makes a healthy relationship. Is there trust? Honesty? Connection? Can they be themselves with a partner? Can they work…Lynn JapingaNovember 19, 2023