Blog A Great Cloud of Witnesses Last week I was gifted the library of a local, retired pastor. Rather than donate the books to a bookstore,…Laura de JongJune 4, 2019
Blog We Will Tell It and Give It Back to You Several months ago, during Epiphany and Lent, I invited members of my congregation to join me in memorizing Jesus’s Sermon…Brian KeepersJune 3, 2019
Blog A Challenge from Igbo Religion The Igbo had established moral prohibitions against theft, adultery, murder, etc. Basically, the Igbo by nature kept the law of…Eric WashingtonJune 2, 2019
Blog The Edge of a Cliff Sometimes I tell people that if I ever became a pastor (or in the nomenclature of the denomination I grew…Luke HawleyJune 1, 2019
Blog Is No Thing Sacred? The adult discussion group at church was talking about “Faith and Creation Care.” As expected, the creation stories of Genesis…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 31, 2019
Blog Pursuing Paul Temple of Apollo, Corinth, with temple of Aphrodite on the acropolis behind. Thanks to Laura de Jong for filling in…James BrattMay 30, 2019
Blog Written into the Story, Part 2 A number of months ago, I wrote a reflection on being written into the story, inspired by Frodo Baggins and…Heidi S. De JongeMay 29, 2019
Blog Seriously, You’re the Greatest! Perhaps it went largely unnoticed as Americans this past weekend were gearing up for a holiday weekend. Still, something rather…Scott HoezeeMay 28, 2019
Blog Memory and Posters I love a good museum. Public history and historical memory are avenues of historical research that I enjoy exploring. Doing…Rebecca KoerselmanMay 27, 2019
Blog A Middle Passage Worldview The Middle Passage once referred to the treacherous and deadly voyage from the coast of Africa to the Caribbean. A…Eric WashingtonMay 26, 2019