Blog Doctoral student dispatches, Part 1 Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed piece, “Professors, We Need You!,” struck a chord with me last week. I deeply respect Kristof’s work,…Jessica BrattFebruary 24, 2014
Blog A Biblical Approach to Winter: Scattering Frost and Hurling Hail Who can withstand his icy blast?Ps. 147:17 To those among our readers who do not live in the wintry climes…Debra RienstraFebruary 22, 2014
Blog An American Story On Saturday, January 2, 1847, a young Senecan named Ha-sa-no-an-da, or Ely Parker, then just 18 years old, visited the…James C. SchaapFebruary 21, 2014
Blog Imagination When I last wrote here on the Twelve, I wondered about the role of play in faith development…Thomas GoodhartFebruary 20, 2014
Blog Where’s your church? While the Rev. Jes Kast-Keat is enjoying vacation, she invites the Rev. John Russell Stanger to write for The Twelve.…Jes KastFebruary 19, 2014
Blog To Death In the wonderfully comic and deeply poignant 1987 film Broadcast News, William Hurt plays Tom Grunick, an empty-headed but ruggedly…Scott HoezeeFebruary 18, 2014
Blog Happy Presidents Day, President’s Day and Presidents’ Day Do you have any idea what day it is? According to ads in last Friday’s Holland Sentinel, today is either…Jeff MunroeFebruary 17, 2014
Blog Arise, My Love No, this is not a belated tribute to Valentine’s Day. (I did, in fact, deliver my card and flowers on…James BrattFebruary 15, 2014
Blog In My Time of Dying In my time of dying, want nobody to mourn All I want for you to do is take my body…Jason LiefFebruary 14, 2014
Blog The Worldly Church Now that I’m back living and teaching in a distinctively Reformed setting, I hear a concern for the purity of…Theresa LatiniFebruary 13, 2014