Category: Articles

Don’t Delude Me

One of the less familiar annunciation stories in the Old Testament is the conversation between the prophet Elisha and the woman from Shunem. She was

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Those Preaching Women

Why a book collecting the sermons of women who come from a variety of cultural backgrounds? One reason is expressed in the words of Anne-

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Of Wocks and Women

My niece and I were collecting acorns in the driveway last week, scouring the area around the big oak tree in my brother’s yard trying

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Extreme Hardship?

I had the opportunity to meet with a congressman a week ago. Sitting near me at that meeting was a woman who had taken the

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Eating as a Spiritual Discipline

It started with the farmers market, where I grew addicted to the beauty of the summer rainbow of vegetables and fruits available here in Michigan.

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Labels

What confuses me is how to label myself. Although I was raised and confirmed in the Reformed Church in America, at twenty-two, I’m not sure

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A Theological Education

For the past year, this has been my neighborhood: the Aldi grocery store two minutes from my door, the Korean families having picnics on the

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