
Requiem
Below, I want to share with you the homily I offered at my grandmother’s memorial service, six months ago now, just shy of her 94th

Below, I want to share with you the homily I offered at my grandmother’s memorial service, six months ago now, just shy of her 94th
by Meg Jenista “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day

From Debra Rienstra: My father, Edward Shreve, died on Thursday night at the age of 88. Readers of The Twelve may recall that I have

When Fred Manfred’s Gerrit Engleking, the raw-boned protagonist of The Secret Place, left northwest Iowa (under a cloud) and went to live in California
“Peace be with you.” Following the resurrection and appearing to the disciples Jesus’ first words are peace. Peace is the expression of the resurrection Jesus
This Easter season I find myself reflecting on the tension of two realities: The hope of the resurrection and the killing of unarmed black men

Today, the day before those in the United States must file their incomes taxes, we take this opportunity to encourage you to support Perspectives/The Twelve

by Rebecca Koerselman Our first apartment, while small, contained a novelty I had never enjoyed firsthand: free cable. I rarely watched most of the channels,

by Meg Jenista You’ve raided the children’s candy stash, the marshmallow peeps are hardening in the back corner of your pantry for another year and