When Suffering is Simultaneously Too Near and Too Far
The news of Robin Williams’ severe depression, long battle with addiction, and suicide was the final blow for me this week. The notice came up
The news of Robin Williams’ severe depression, long battle with addiction, and suicide was the final blow for me this week. The notice came up
Sarina Gruver Moore teaches English at Calvin College. Her wedding china is Wedgewood, “India” pattern (because what else would a Victorianist have?).

Today’s guest post comes from my friend Adam Navis. Adam is the Director of Operations for Words of Hope and is also studying the intersection

It has been a sad summer, a time of lamentation. But perhaps we grieve not only the brutality and bloodshed. We are also shaken and

*Any resemblances to real persons or events, past or present, are strictly coincidental. Circa 1978 She: Honey, I think we were supposed to take that

It may well have been the very first time I used a camera for something other than family pics, an old Argus C-3 I had

I am always impressed when speaking with one of my many septuagenarian or octogenarian congregants and they share something about “working out” or “going to
I know it’s not Ash Wednesday. It’s not even Lent: a time in our church calendar where we are given space to mourn, lament, and
Well we’ve slid into August now and so we’re just a few blinks away from Labor Day and the semi-official end of all things summer.