I have a really pathetic Advent candle situation happening in my house this season. It’s because the taper candles I…
Kate KooymanDecember 15, 2021
The chorus and lyrics of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” kept rattling around in my head this week.…
Rebecca KoerselmanDecember 13, 2021
For all my kids do that frustrates me, even those times when they are purposefully defiant, at the end of…
Nate PyleDecember 12, 2021
Mark Wallace, Swarthmore professor of religion and environmental studies, takes this scriptural moment as much more than an exercise in…
Debra RienstraDecember 11, 2021
Men, women, and children huddled in covered wagons crossing endless prairie seem to beckon all by themselves some hovering, mounted…
James C. SchaapDecember 10, 2021
Here in Wisconsin, it’s an annual contest. Guess when Lake Mendota will freeze.
Tim Van DeelenDecember 9, 2021
Do you create for the sake of art itself? Do you feel like you’re selling out by creating for a…
Olivia MasonDecember 8, 2021
The door is shut. It’s too late. Those words still sting a little. But maybe in a good way.
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 7, 2021
Dear Reader,This past week, the congregation I serve lost three beloved saints within days of each other. Pat Muyskens, Jo…
Brian KeepersDecember 6, 2021
