By Melody Meeter Last week I told about a congregant’s close emotional connection to the Psalms and to David, who was, in her mind, The

With the 4th of July on the horizon, I’d like to pick up on Tom Boogaart’s recent post about pledging allegiance. For most of my

You’ve probably never heard of Herman the German and likely never stopped to greet him in New Ulm, Minnesota. Then again, you could have driven

Never Forget: We’ve Been Here Before Sybill was the second of two daughters born to Walter, a merchant, and his wife Margarete, in the south

The poet Donald Hall died on Saturday after a long, distinguished career, including a stint as US Poet Laureate in 2006-2007. Though he had been

I see there is an effort out there to do away with the Electoral College in presidential elections in the United States. If I thought

By Brian Keepers The Nissan Pathfinder rumbles along the narrow, winding dirt road. Actually, more like a dirt path. It’s a rough ride–I’m sitting in

By Melody Meeter Now we are in Ordinary Time and the Revised Common Lectionary has us listening to the story of David. This week we

With all the kerfuffle over Romans 13 in the news these past weeks, I wondered whether a Christian political theorist might bring some perspective to