It’s the penultimate Monday of 2023–and next Monday doesn’t really count as it is Christmas Day. So, the year is basically over, Advent has but

Recently, some lovely friends threw a party for my new book, Nourishing Narratives. As part of the event, I had a conversation with Michael Wildschut,

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1 Isn’t it significant that scripture ties

It’s midpoint in the Calvin semester, and students (and let’s be honest, the faculty, too) are dragging themselves towards fall break. The weather is colder.

I always relish the turn to autumn each year–it has remained my favorite season unabated through half a century. And yet, as Steve’s piece yesterday

It’s the beginning of a new school year–my 51st consecutive year of beginning school since I first toddled off to preschool in the mists of

Last Saturday, July 29, was my favorite feast day, one I celebrate every year: the feast day of St. Martha. Anyone who knows me even

This week I’m on vacation, hopefully being mindful in the way articulated by the poem I shared here last time. And next week is the