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My Reformed ancestors were iconoclasts, an established fact that became existentially real to me when my family and I moved to the city of Groningen,
I have spent my life studying the Bible and trying to teach it in such a way that students could experience it as living and
My mother-in-law died in January. Grada Johanna Voortman-Rietema blew out the candles on her 102nd birthday cake, rose from her chair, and fell awkwardly to
Not Alone: Gatineau, Quebec Sophie was born and raised in Quebec. She left the Catholic Church because its worship services were impersonal and it failed
While my parents were still living, I often traveled from Holland to Grand Rapids and lunched with them at Porter Hills Retirement Village. On one
Once upon a Lenten season, I was preparing a meditation on Jesus’ cry of dereliction in the Gospel of Mark, the enigmatic: My God, my
I walked through the tunnel which burrowed through a sand dune and opened onto a deck with a view of the Lake Michigan shoreline, this
We reflect on the meaning of our lives not because we believe we are so important; we reflect on our lives to discover that we
When I was growing up, Easter moved me the least of all the holy days in the church year. I am not sure why this
