At first, I thought it was rather ironic that I’ll be on vacation on the feast day of the woman I consider my patron saint

By David Timmer Aviyah Kushner grew up immersed in the Hebrew Bible. Born to an American Jewish father and an Israeli mother, she was raised

Words. I love words. I love the way they look and sound. I love learning their secret histories and cracking them open to explore what’s

Death, Life, and Crash-Helmets by Jill Ver Steeg Annie Dillard in her book Teaching a Stone to Talk writes: Does anyone have the foggiest idea

Do not worry. I get it. You’re trying to be gentle and reassuring and I appreciate that. I do. But you realize I have anxiety/depression,

This past week I co-led another Prairie Serve, an event that brings high school students from the U.S. and Canada to Sioux City, Iowa to

Let’s Just Stop Calling It Christianity by Scott Culpepper I experimented with chemistry in junior high. Not so much in the classroom as in the

The light turns green. I step into the crosswalk at River Avenue and 16th Street in downtown Holland, Michigan and as I do, a strange

We saw it a few years back.   There was a major refugee crisis.  We knew many thousands were fleeing violence and poverty and trying to