
Believing in Santa
Had an interesting conversation with a friend the other day about his daughter’s experience at preschool. The preschool teacher took it upon herself to tell

Had an interesting conversation with a friend the other day about his daughter’s experience at preschool. The preschool teacher took it upon herself to tell
History writing used to be about kings and battles. Now a fair number of the battles are about history writing. Just since Thanksgiving two

Advent is a season of anticipation, hope, and waiting for the arrival of Christ. The advent wreath, the lighting of candles, the preparation of the
Growing up, the season of Advent was always a big deal in my family. We never failed to have an Advent wreath—which we looked forward
Writing for The Twelve and Perspectives is often a bit like dropping a pebble down a well. You stand there, waiting, waiting, listening, and hoping

Today I want to commend Brene Brown to you, and point you to some of her work that I hope you’ll watch or read when
At the end of the semester in our creative writing classes at my college, we talk about the publication process and encourage our students to
News flash from CNN, just now read it when I opened my e-mail. “Winning numbers for the nearly 580 million Powerball jackpot are 5-23-16-22-29.
Today my thoughts return me to Jerusalem and Ramallah, Hebron/al-Ḫalīl, At-Tuwani, and Tuba and to the many people who live under the yoke and tyranny