Blog Song Stories One of my summer jobs in college was researching and compiling hymn stories – the history of composers, authors, tunes,…Laura de JongJune 18, 2020
Blog Nice Girls Finish Last Be nice. Play nice. Nice people. Nice time. “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at…Beth CarrollJune 17, 2020
Blog Geological Taxonomy from a Seven-Year-Old For the past fifteen years I have enjoyed the good fortune of living on Lake Michigan’s eastern shore, in the…David HoekemaJune 16, 2020
Blog Stamped From the Beginning On the floor for the U.S. Senate, debating a bill to fund education for black Americans, Senator Jefferson Davis explained…Rebecca KoerselmanJune 15, 2020
Blog Consider the Peonies I keep flowers in vases around my house for way too long. Long past their prime. Long after they have…Bailey SarverJune 14, 2020
Blog Riding the Winds At one point, Trevor was down below looking for his GPS, foolishly leaving Ron and me in charge. Well, here…Debra RienstraJune 13, 2020
Blog Blowing in the wind The land out back is vacant, all flood plain. Nobody will build behind us, so we’ve got an acre of…James C. SchaapJune 12, 2020
Blog This is Going to Hurt I felt stupid and scared this week, and I took it out on a well-meaning white guy. Here’s what happened:…Kate KooymanJune 11, 2020
Blog #Amplify When we had to postpone the Festival of Faith & Writing this spring, one of my great sadnesses was that…Jennifer L. HolbergJune 10, 2020
Blog Heavy Lifting SaturdayPianos, it turns out, are heavy. Like, really heavy. Like, three days later, still feeling the back ache heavy.After three…Laura de JongJune 9, 2020