Blog Love Wins Redux I never read Rob Bell’s Love Wins. Along with the youth in our congregation, I have appreciated his Nooma video…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellApril 10, 2012
Blog Scars Listen to the three-minute story here.There have been a couple times when I’ve had experiences as a chaplain on Holy…Jessica BrattApril 9, 2012
Blog Holy Saturday: the Liturgical Blank The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was…Debra RienstraApril 7, 2012
Blog Good Friday I envy monastics--sometimes. I envy their intent to zero in on the Christian faith, to delete every iota of worldly…James C. SchaapApril 6, 2012
Blog A Mandate to Love, And What Comes With It The Order of Worship for an Ordination and Installation service of any of the three offices in the RCA (Deacon,…Thomas GoodhartApril 5, 2012
Blog Tell Me the Story Soup Kitchen I crave Tuesdays. I extend my hand to the man whose skin is colder than mine and dirtier…Jes KastApril 4, 2012
Blog Punish No More Since this post will appear early in Holy Week 2012, my thoughts have turned toward questions of the meaning of…Scott HoezeeApril 3, 2012
Blog There Will Be Blood One Good Friday I heard an NPR caller say something to the effect that she could never accept Christianity because…Jeff MunroeApril 2, 2012
Blog “What the….?” "You sure as hell can't talk about hell unless you use the word hell." Thus saith Bart Simpson (or something…Jason LiefMarch 31, 2012
Blog The Geography of Faith I teach broad surveys of religious history, so I have to pay a lot of attention to the frame and…James BrattMarch 30, 2012