I have been working my way through Matthew Desmond's searing and award-winning book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American…
Scott HoezeeOctober 17, 2017
by Heidi S. De Jonge Wildfires are consuming homes and lives in northern California. Tens of thousands of acres have been…
Heidi S. De JongeOctober 15, 2017
by Jeff Munroe We want a motive, because we want the senseless shooting in Las Vegas last week to make…
Jeff MunroeOctober 14, 2017
A powerful man abusing his authority by taking advantage of a young woman. The male gaze peeping out from the…
Jason LiefOctober 13, 2017
By Shannon Jammal-Hollemans I recently counseled a couple struggling with an obstacle in their relationship. One of them had made…
Shannon Jammal-HollemansOctober 12, 2017
Yesterday, Mary Oliver released a new collected edition of her work, aptly titled Devotions. I think often of Oliver's poems--contemporary…
Jennifer L. HolbergOctober 11, 2017
By Chuck DeGroat Have I told you about the ‘lost’ chapter in my 2014 book Toughest People to Love? The…
Chuck DeGroatOctober 10, 2017
By Brian Keepers “So what’s the story of the Sioux?” she asks me. The question comes whistling out of the…
Brian KeepersOctober 9, 2017
By Heidi De Jonge The place of prayer. There is the place of pastoral prayer: A hospital room. A living…
Heidi S. De JongeOctober 8, 2017
