Blog Blizzard, Looking Out Morning, west window The sky feels oddly bright, considering the snow thickly falling in clustered flakes. The wind gusts, whirling…Debra RienstraFebruary 2, 2019
Blog Voices in Lancaster County "Sunday, October 15, we went to church. The wind was then blowing wildly, but this became worse further along in…James C. SchaapFebruary 1, 2019
Blog The One Who Sees One of the best names for God is “El Roi,” which was the name given to God by a vulnerable…Kate KooymanJanuary 31, 2019
Blog The First Church I’ve Chosen for Myself I like to tell people that I’ve attended four different churches for my four years of college. • Freshman year…Alexandra JohnsonJanuary 30, 2019
Blog Comfort & Belonging: Funerals for the Spiritual but not Religious I met Paul Boardman over 30 years ago, when we were both seminarians. The son of Navigator missionaries to Japan,…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJanuary 29, 2019
Blog I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again I heard Matt Bloom of the University of Notre Dame speak recently about research he is doing on well-being and…Jeff MunroeJanuary 28, 2019
Blog God Bless the Matriarchs When I was in elementary school, I spent one week of every summer at my Grandma Vinkenberg’s house. She would…Stacey DuensingJanuary 27, 2019
Blog A Kind Solution Winter can feel like a mean season. Winter can feel especially mean if you are an international student from the…Katy SundararajanJanuary 26, 2019
Blog An Ode to Losing (Why Instant Replay is Dumb) With unadulterated joy, I watched as a pass by Drew Brees fell into the arms of a defender. This was…Jason LiefJanuary 25, 2019
Blog On Wealth, Art, Democracy, and Religion In one of the lesser-studied chapters of his renowned Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville reflects on the “spirit” in…James BrattJanuary 24, 2019