When I first started writing for The Twelve life was much different. My kids were young and my beard was…
Jason LiefMay 14, 2021
Fire is life to a prairie, pumping ash nutrients into the soil and holding the suffocating shrubs at bay. Biologists…
Tim Van DeelenMay 12, 2021
News programs on TV used to use the phrase “And now this . . .” to toggle between one news…
Scott HoezeeMay 11, 2021
A graduating college senior explained that he lived a life that often felt stuck between two different sides. His father…
Rebecca KoerselmanMay 10, 2021
All the different things I can feel or touch have taught me a simple truth about God. God is present…
Katie AlleyMay 9, 2021
The whole thing’s a stretch, but what the heck--I'm lovin' it. Sheriff Pat Garrett plugged Billy the Kid, a notorious gunslinger,…
James C. SchaapMay 7, 2021
The New York Times published a piece last week about a mental health state called “languishing” — a state of…
Kate KooymanMay 6, 2021
Every time I am in Florence, I spend time meditating on one of my favorite sculptures: the pietà of Michelangelo, often referred…
Jennifer L. HolbergMay 5, 2021
