Blog Softened My father, the Rev. Dr. Jim Petersen, is a retired Christian Reformed Church minister who still has fire in his…Heidi S. De JongeJanuary 23, 2019
Blog Wonderful World After a long hiatus of anything resembling Winter, here in Michigan we have been back in the deep freeze the…Scott HoezeeJanuary 22, 2019
Blog The Other America To honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it is fitting to read a portion of his speech, “The Other…Rebecca KoerselmanJanuary 21, 2019
Blog Fountain of Life When I left seminary, I made a pact with three of my classmates. Every year we will gather for retreat,…Stacey DuensingJanuary 20, 2019
Blog On Shaving and Shaming Earlier this week, Gillette dropped a new advertisement called “We Believe: The Best Men Can Be.” Well, you would think…Debra RienstraJanuary 19, 2019
Blog The Blizzard of 1888 A January thaw is what all of us look forward to out here, a breath of warmth that reopens our…James C. SchaapJanuary 18, 2019
Blog God in the Dark My kids are not thrilled about this, but our family has taken up a weekend habit of going hiking with…Kate KooymanJanuary 17, 2019
Blog Fractured and Connected When I take the bus from my Project Neighborhood house to Calvin’s campus or vice versa, it takes me around…Alexandra JohnsonJanuary 16, 2019
Blog The Gospel According to Springsteen I would consider myself a Bruce Springsteen fan, not a devotee. Bruce and I were close back in the day.…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJanuary 15, 2019
Blog Supermarket Frozen Sushi The first time I tried sushi was almost fifteen years ago when a parishioner named Bill Smith took me to…Brian KeepersJanuary 14, 2019