“Let’s take a moment now,” continues Matriarch, “to offer our most solemn thanks to the bats and pangolins for their…
Debra RienstraApril 18, 2020
In this time of COVID-19, things I once took for granted, like dropping in for tea at a friend’s house,…
Helen LuhrsApril 16, 2020
I admit it: after all these days at home on my own, I’m growing tired of words. Maybe not “words,”…
Jennifer L. HolbergApril 15, 2020
When I was growing up, Easter moved me the least of all the holy days in the church year. I…
Tom BoogaartApril 14, 2020
“T’was grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved.” - Amazing Grace (verse 2) Like so…
Brian KeepersApril 13, 2020
Vinnie, short for Vincent, is my six-year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel whose sense of smell serves him well in…
Megan HodginApril 12, 2020
In 1945, in Germany, during the jostling of US Army units across the Rhine, two GIs chanced to meet. My…
Daniel MeeterApril 11, 2020
Today is the day when the cheap grace of triumphalism is shown to be a fraud. Today is the day…
Jason LiefApril 10, 2020
John 13:3-5: Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from…
Laura de JongApril 9, 2020
