Why is it important that Jesus wasn’t married? Allow a personal disclosure first. I don’t think Jesus was married. But…
Jeff MunroeOctober 15, 2012
Spent an enjoyable mid-afternoon today talking with the board of Perspectives, the journal that’s the mother of The 12 blog.…
James BrattOctober 12, 2012
Eleven months ago, I blogged about the arrest of Jerry Sandusky, the Penn State Football coach who then had been…
Theresa LatiniOctober 11, 2012
I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with roughest courage. When they are real, they are not glass…
Jennifer L. HolbergOctober 10, 2012
Jeff Japinga is substituting today for Lynn Japinga, who is substituting for Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell while he is on sabbatical. Jeff serves…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellOctober 9, 2012
Several months ago I recommended the book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and…
Jessica BrattOctober 8, 2012
By an odd coincidence, the late William Hazlitt has been haunting my steps this week. The old gent showed up…
Debra RienstraOctober 6, 2012
She interrupted my sermon. . .but then, I'm not a preacher. I'm a teacher--or I was a teacher. When I stood before…
James C. SchaapOctober 5, 2012
There is a legend told in the “Little Flowers of St. Francis”—often referenced by its Italian name, “Fioretti”—of the town…
Thomas GoodhartOctober 4, 2012
