David Schelhaas The words father and mother come from similar roots, and the roots most likely come from the sounds an infant child makes before

FEBRUARY 2007: REVIEW by Miriam Ippel I never really left college. After my undergraduate years, I served in various ministry and administrative roles in higher

Norman Kolenbrander I’ve decided it’s time to “come out of the closet.” No, I am not about to leave my loving wife of forty-four years

FEBRUARY 2007: ESSAY by Joan Zwagerman Curbow If you have missed most of the movies of 2006, a number of them were available on DVD

FEBRUARY 2007: ESSAY by Brett Webb-Mitchell I am a Christian pilgrim. This is an odd confession for a former seminary professor, and an ordained clergyperson

FEBRUARY 2007: AS WE SEE IT by Scott Hoezee In a lecture delivered in the late 1980s, novelist Tom Wolfe noted that the surreal and

FEBRUARY 2007: AS WE SEE IT by Kathlyn Dekens About a half-dozen times a year, we all get together for birthdays or holidays or visits