Memo to Jessica I wasn’t going to respond to your latest post, about the parochialism of academe (http://assets.reformedjournal.com/jessica-bratt/2014/2/24/doctoral-student-dispatches-part-1.html#comments), figuring that I’d let those…James BrattMarch 1, 2014
Unbelievers Got a little soulThe world is a cold, cold place to beWant a little warmthBut who's going to save a…Jason LiefFebruary 28, 2014
The Worldly Church, Part 2 Two weeks ago, I suggested that the church manifests significant conformity to the world when it is motivated by fear…Theresa LatiniFebruary 27, 2014
Home and Away Twice today, something popped up in my facebook feed that centered on the idea of home. One (which quoted Maya…Jennifer L. HolbergFebruary 26, 2014
Philosophy & Autobiography I am no philosopher, nor a philosopher’s son. I am not even a herdsman or nor a dresser of sycamore…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellFebruary 24, 2014
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
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
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
Imagination When I last wrote here on the Twelve, I wondered about the role of play in faith development…Thomas GoodhartFebruary 20, 2014
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