“You need to work on your identity crisis at a different institution.” With those words Dean Boender sent me packing.  It was 1979, I was

Once more, it’s that time. My collection of observations, oddities, and other tidbits. If one doesn’t do much for you, maybe the next one will. 

I get worn out by political arguing, and am especially wary of attempts to appropriate patriotism and religion for political purposes. Not surprisingly, these tricks

Today I won’t pretend to understandthe ways we care for one another.Today I will simply standin these thick woods and lovehow the branches of one

Amidst my summer binge read of thrillers, rom-coms, and celebrity memoirs, I managed to add a few more serious books into the mix. Read a

Various Christian Reformed congregations are beginning their forced march toward denominational disaffiliation, and various individuals find themselves on the way out of a job or

Our family just relocated from Washington, DC to Philadelphia. As the daughter of a US State Department Foreign Service family who made 5 international moves

Calcified I recently listened to an interview with political scientist and UCLA professor Lynn Vavreck. In it, she described the demographic trends she’s noticed as

I joked with a friend that my favorite contemplative readings have trended lately toward reflective white octogenarians.  I’m 32, white, serve in a majority Black