Blog Controlled Burn I wonder what needs a controlled burn in our culture right now, in our churches?Debra RienstraDecember 21, 2024
Blog Third Sunday in Advent: A Sestina Come and more than hover, come and root in rock-hard hearts, ignite us, hurricane us, earthquake our ache, for we…Debra RienstraDecember 16, 2023
Blog How to Live at the End of the World But what to do with this whiz-bang of a passage from Mark, where Jesus instructs the disciples about impending doom?Debra RienstraNovember 11, 2023
Blog Advent in the Wasteland I propose that Advent is the time when we are allowed—even encouraged—to be honest about our disappointment, our sadness, our…Debra RienstraDecember 10, 2022
Blog On Awkward Space I am encouraged again to live in this real world, to share space with real people; not pretending our history…Nathan GroenewoldDecember 16, 2021
Blog The Power of Ritual After two years living through the disruptions of this pandemic, I know I find myself wanting to live a simpler…Allison Vander BroekDecember 4, 2021