Books lying around the house are never safe from my readerly omnivory. So naturally I grabbed up the book my…
Debra RienstraDecember 31, 2011
Perhaps it was because of Dorothy. The day prior having completed the funeral committal service five years in the making.…
Thomas GoodhartDecember 29, 2011
The incarnation – This is the heart of my theology. The flesh: body, feelings, thinking, desire, touching, fighting colds, crying…
Jes KastDecember 28, 2011
"A good sermon turns even known truth into profound realization." That is one of many striking lines in a fine…
Scott HoezeeDecember 27, 2011
Since the etymology of the title “Boxing Day” is unknown, might I suggest the name was coined to describe the…
Jeff MunroeDecember 26, 2011
For the past few years my wife and I have indulged in the pleasure of good television. It all started…
Jason LiefDecember 24, 2011
I picked up my son at the airport last night, welcoming him home for Christmas break. A mom and a…
James BrattDecember 23, 2011
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in…
The 12 EditorDecember 23, 2011
In the second part of his essay, "The Jewish Writer in America," Saul Bellow notes that while the Jewish writer…
James K.A SmithDecember 21, 2011
