Blog Feeling like a Pair of Brown Loafers in a Black Tuxedo World (In which I try to tell fellow introverts to be themselves.) A short while after I started working at Western…Jeff MunroeSeptember 30, 2013
Blog class conflict Every Tuesday and Thursday I teach a class on the church: ecclesiology. Students don't have a clue what that…Jason LiefSeptember 27, 2013
Blog Faith and Film I’m down at the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College this weekend for a conference on . . . Billy…James BrattSeptember 27, 2013
Blog Unexpected Turns in the Road (or, the Nomadic Christian Life) Nearly thirteen years ago as I was completing my final year as an MDiv student at Princeton Seminary, a friend…Theresa LatiniSeptember 26, 2013
Blog “The Blessings and the Curses” One of my fondest childhood memories is the weekly bringing home of an enormous stack of books from the library…Jennifer L. HolbergSeptember 25, 2013
Blog 100 is the new 30 I’ve started putting more birthday reminders in my Google calendar, but it feels awkward when I set such events to…Jessica BrattSeptember 23, 2013
Blog Breda The Surrender of Breda is a gigantic, life-size painting by Diego Velasquez (1599-1660). Mentioning it here on The Twelve,…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellSeptember 23, 2013
Blog Bestsellers I’d Like to Write As a member of the planning committee for the Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin, I have the best…The 12 EditorSeptember 21, 2013
Blog The Death of Crickets Here, as elsewhere in nature, it's really all about sex. Their raspy lascivious retching, I'm told, comes in four different…James C. SchaapSeptember 20, 2013
Blog Power and Privilege Tom is otherwise engaged today and therefore, introduces his friend and colleague the Rev. Blaine Crawford who has written today's…Thomas GoodhartSeptember 19, 2013