Blog A Gift Rises Up Four months ago, as Michigan was beginning our Stay-at-Home orders, and Italy was in the thick of theirs, my husband…Katy SundararajanJuly 18, 2020
Blog Darkness and Light: Electricity, Comets, and a Giant Raccoon A few nights ago I was spending time at a lake cabin in Minnesota, alone, when the lights went out.…Jason LiefJuly 17, 2020
Blog Enough: A Review of David Zahl’s Seculosity Last week I deleted Facebook from my phone. It was a long time coming. I was tired – tired of…Laura de JongJuly 16, 2020
Blog Resisting a Return to Normal Today is tax day. This isn’t the typical time to file taxes. We are much more accustomed to submitting tax…Amanda W. BenckhuysenJuly 15, 2020
Blog Never Again There have been several reflections here on The Twelve of late related to the current controversy over statues and memorials,…Scott HoezeeJuly 14, 2020
Blog A Met Exhibit, Fallen Statues, and Historical Thinking In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Andrew Bolton created an exhibit based on time…Rebecca KoerselmanJuly 13, 2020
Blog Of Dirt and Doubt Listen! A sower went out to sow. (Matthew 13: 3) (Note: This is the second in a four-Sunday series of…Marilyn PaarlbergJuly 12, 2020
Blog No One Will Make Them Afraid: The Arborist’s Bible Solomon’s wisdom was not limited to spouting proverbs and keeping babies intact. Apparently, he was also ancient Israel’s version of…Debra RienstraJuly 11, 2020
Blog John Henry Kok — 1948-2020 He was a colleague, my boss, my editor and, for a long, long time, our neighbor and good, good friend.…James C. SchaapJuly 10, 2020
Blog Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Shut Up and Love Their Neighbor The governor of California is recommending that churches not sing when they worship together. And this has caused much controversy…Kate KooymanJuly 9, 2020