Behold!

Behold!

Mary Oliver was simply showing us what she saw, rarely venturing beyond her own backyard. 

Doug Basler
On February 19, 2025
Watching Old Movies

Watching Old Movies

Beginning with the earliest recorded film, I’m going to watch one film from every year up to the present.

Jonathan Hiskes
On February 18, 2025
Legislating Language

Legislating Language

The language restrictions imposed on CDC research and reporting take the question of language censorship to a new level as well.

Marilyn McEntyre
On February 17, 2025
Let There Be

Let There Be

Consider the power of a word. Let there be. A word speaks the world into being, igniting evolution and the churning of the existence of everything. A word punctures the universe with stars and planets, sending galaxies spinning light and life into the blackness of space.

Christy Berghoef
On February 16, 2025

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Doug Basler

Behold!

Mary Oliver was simply showing us what she saw, rarely venturing beyond her own backyard.

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Jonathan Hiskes

Watching Old Movies

Beginning with the earliest recorded film, I’m going to watch one film from every year up to the present.

Blog
Marilyn McEntyre

Legislating Language

The language restrictions imposed on CDC research and reporting take the question of language censorship to a new level as well.

Blog
Christy Berghoef

Let There Be

Consider the power of a word. Let there be. A word speaks the world into being, igniting evolution and the churning of the existence of

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Larry Doornbos

Haunted

The decision has been made to stop the work of USAID for 90 days. That’s what’s haunting me, keeping sleep from my eyes.

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Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell

Letters from Stanley

Picture this scene. It’s the late 1980s. My wife and I are co-pastoring a small church in a rural hamlet in upstate New York. We

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Scott Hoezee

The Preacher and the President

You cannot understand properly the final challenging things Bishop Budde said directly to the President without hearing the whole sermon.

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Dirk Hollebeek

Breath

Who am I when I cannot manage the small details of life? Where are my car keys? The grocery list?

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Christy Berghoef

Divine Dust

There is divine mystery woven into the fabric of human existence: