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My fellow academics sometimes complain about having to attend commencement ceremonies every spring, but I don’t mind sitting through them. I appreciate the opportunity to
“Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen.” (John 20:25) Joseph of Arimathea appears in all four
I’ve been reading a lot of author interviews lately to prepare for Calvin’s Festival of Faith and Writing. So when I went to see the
Reading The New Garden Book on the First Day of Spring It takes courage to say, “The shrubs and grassmust go.” But courage is what’s
At church my family always sits on the side over by the musicians. Church-going people fall into habits like that, sometimes for no particular reason.
Who can withstand his icy blast?Ps. 147:17 To those among our readers who do not live in the wintry climes of North America, I apologize
Despite the continued deep freeze here in Michigan, I spy a glow of hope on the horizon: something wonderful is coming! I don’t mean spring.
Oh cable, I could not part with you! I came close, though. You know how it works: you negotiate a one-year deal, and then when
A “polar vortex” descended upon us here in Michigan at the tail end of the holiday break, extending school vacations by a few days and
