All Posts By

Tim Van Deelen

Blog

Ice

My money’s on January 11. Well, not really – it’s a low-stakes wager (no money). Here in Wisconsin, it’s an annual contest. Guess when Lake

Read More »
Blog

And now I need to ask…

Dear Debra, Congratulations on the book coming out in February! I’m recommending it to everyone. I’ll probably write a review at some point, but you’ve

Read More »
Blog

November

Pastor Doug is a good egg. I walked over though a blustery gray November and found him waiting in the white party tent we rent.

Read More »
Blog

Reformation Day

Reformation Sunday in our Lutheran parking lot was cheerfully Wisconsin-ish. Pastor Doug’s red stole paired nicely with the old-timey mackinaw wool plaid he wore under

Read More »
Blog

What About Hunting?

Writing for The Twelve scored me a lecture invitation at Calvin University’s Academy for Life Long Learning on Monday where I could “talk about anything

Read More »
Blog

The Shack

There’s just something about this place. Each fall, we take our GreenHouse students on a Saturday excursion to the Leopold shack followed by an afternoon

Read More »
Blog

Every Onion

My Badgers played the Nittany Lions, the Big 10 opener, on Saturday. Classes started yesterday. Labor Day came on Monday with bratwurst on the backyard

Read More »
Blog

Ferns on the Ceiling

It’s unnerving and a little touching when a younger friend of many years seems overly concerned with your safety and comfort, but truth is, he

Read More »
Featured

Packing for Au Sable

I am packing for my summer teaching gig at Au Sable Institute, both physically and mentally. Mental packing means preparing for earnest discussions we always

Read More »