“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.” - Simone Weil “When…
Brian KeepersAugust 20, 2018
We chose the perfect day to hike the Dune Climb Trail at Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore: seventy degrees, light breeze,…
Debra RienstraAugust 18, 2018
I'm guessing many of you have a photo app that likes to remind you of memories from years past. This…
Jason LiefAugust 17, 2018
By David Pettit The problem with many poems, my instructor explained, is certainty. The poet tries too hard to say…
David PettitAugust 16, 2018
A friend of mine died by suicide a few weeks ago. The image she used when she talked about God…
Heidi S. De JongeAugust 15, 2018
Recently here on The Twelve, colleague Jim Bratt gave a glowing review of Ron Chernow's brilliant new biography Grant. Among…
Scott HoezeeAugust 14, 2018
According to researchers at Queen’s University in Ontario, sleep deprivation, can in some respects impair our judgment as much as…
Rebecca KoerselmanAugust 13, 2018
By Gregory Love I am reading Under The Mercy, (1988), Sheldon Vanauken’s sequel to his 1977 award-winning book A Severe Mercy.…
Gregory LoveAugust 12, 2018
I grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota, near the edge of the Black Hills. Just behind my home was…
Keith StarkenburgAugust 11, 2018
