Blog Oh, I Get It, This is the Bad Place Marilyn McEntyre I heard the very fine writer Marilyn McEntyre speak recently about story arcs, the idea of capturing a…Jeff MunroeAugust 17, 2020
Blog Jesus and Gentiles: Dogs and Bread It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to their dogs. Matthew 15:26 This is a…Rowland Van Es, Jr.August 16, 2020
Blog Apprenticeship in Words-Making-Worlds I can still remember one of the first stories I ever read. Well, I don’t actually remember the story—or anything…Travis WestAugust 15, 2020
Blog The Truth Hurts: Sioux Center and the New York Times My little part of the world has been in an uproar for the past week. Last Sunday the New York…Jason LiefAugust 14, 2020
Blog Away Home On Tuesday night the Toronto Blue Jays played their first “Home” game in their new home-away-from-home, Sahlen Field, in Buffalo,…Laura de JongAugust 13, 2020
Blog The Extraordinary Ordinary Echoing the apostle Paul and others, Maximus the Confessor wrote that “all the ages of time and the beings within…Keith StarkenburgAugust 12, 2020
Blog God’s Disruptions Seventeen years ago Neal Plantinga created a summer seminar titled “Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching.” I was privileged to be…Scott HoezeeAugust 11, 2020
Blog What’s in a Name? Our warriors kicked full speed into their mounts and went racing after , whooping wildly to strike terror in the…Rebecca KoerselmanAugust 10, 2020
Blog Ghosts, Sea Monsters, and Walking on Water When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified, “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out…Rowland Van Es, Jr.August 9, 2020
Blog Shrub Whispering When it comes to communing with other creatures, I’m not a very promising candidate. I talk to plants all the…Debra RienstraAugust 8, 2020