Once upon a time, the Schaap family lived here–the island of Terschelling, one of a small chain of islands off the northwest corner of the

My parents divorced when I was about thirteen or so. Probably should better recall when exactly—it certainly was a rough period in my family’s life

Two Thursdays, two meals. The first: a far-too-normal day that didn’t have time for lunch in it.  I’m about to confess some things and this

We all have biases when it comes to a sense of place. Most of us struggle to break free from false perceptions about a people

My wife and I have been traveling around the Netherlands the past ten days on a trip with our adult children and their consorts in

In recent weeks, I’ve suggested that church leaders who are committed to the principles of compassionate communication, who are trained in its basic skills, and

As long as I have been in the field of English, the humanities have been in “crisis.”  (I’m not going to rehash that whole history