As usual, these December days are zinging by us at twice the speed of other months. No doubt you’re earnestly…
Debra RienstraDecember 17, 2011
I’ll call her “Leila.” That’s not her real name, but given possible security repercussion we’ll leave it at that. She…
Thomas GoodhartDecember 16, 2011
In the midst of this Advent Season when radio stations and mall Muzak are willing to cut loose with songs…
Scott HoezeeDecember 13, 2011
We light the third advent candle – the curiously pink candle – for the shepherds and the quality of joy.…
Jeff MunroeDecember 12, 2011
To startle man, God becomes for an instant a blasphemer; one might almost say that God becomes for an instant…
Jason LiefDecember 10, 2011
It's pretty common to hear people, not least Protestants, talk about what they might give up for Lent. Some of…
The 12 EditorDecember 9, 2011
The mad rush to Christmas has begun. The signs are all around us: blaring Christmas carols, colorful blinking lights, trees…
The 12 EditorDecember 8, 2011
I didn’t believe in Santa Claus as a child, and I raised my own children without any focus or emphasis…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 6, 2011
