Small-town church life in the upper Midwest means that we do funerals—quite a few. Iowa, for instance, is among the…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJanuary 13, 2014
A “polar vortex” descended upon us here in Michigan at the tail end of the holiday break, extending school vacations…
Debra RienstraJanuary 11, 2014
The Christian Reformed mission at Zuni pueblo, New Mexico, in the 1920s “Depression times made return to Zuni unlikely,”…
James C. SchaapJanuary 10, 2014
In a recent episode of The Big Bang Theory, the entire gang—Leonard, Sheldon, Raj, Howard, Penny, Bernadette, and Amy (and…
Thomas GoodhartJanuary 9, 2014
I am not interested in just thinking about theology. I am interested in living theology. The first time someone captured…
Jes KastJanuary 8, 2014
I'm a sucker for highway signs. Wall Drug, Ruby Falls, Mail Pouch, Burma Shave . . . a well done…
Jeff MunroeJanuary 5, 2014
Today we welcome guest blogger Chuck DeGroat. Chuck teaches counseling and pastoral care at Western Theological Seminary, in Holland, Michigan.…
Chuck DeGroatJanuary 4, 2014
The New York Times recently ran an Op-Ed piece by Michael Moore on the topic of Obamacare. True to form,…
Jason LiefJanuary 2, 2014
At one point in T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets, the speaker has a rather Dantean meeting with one of his long-dead…
Jennifer L. HolbergJanuary 1, 2014
