
Gramps Walked with a Limp
There was a time when going to the airport was fun, a cause for celebration and a source of good memories. Long before shoe bombs
There was a time when going to the airport was fun, a cause for celebration and a source of good memories. Long before shoe bombs
Editor’s Note: Last week we posted Syd Hielema’s prophetic and visionary “The Church of Jesus in 2047: Life After the Decade from Hell.” Wes Granberg-Michaelson
Editor’s Note: Earlier this fall, we invited Syd Hielema to imagine what the church might look like in 25 years. Syd’s essay kicks off a
Editor’s Note: This is another entry in our continuing series that asks, “How do we come to be the ones we are?” “The Latin root
I shut my laptop abruptly late one afternoon. I realized I was holding my breath. My neck and scalp were tingling and my shoulders were
On a Saturday afternoon late last spring, the Des Moines Gay Men’s Chorus presented a concert in our church. For most of their performance, unstoppable
You can spot a military monument or war memorial from a mile away: a heroic figure holding a flag, an eagle spreading its wings in
I was sitting alone in a church pew as a visitor, newly retired after 30 years of parish ministry. We were up north in Michigan
Editor’s Note: The following is the result of conversations between Katie Roelofs, an adoptee and pastor, and Emily Helder, an adoption researcher, and clinical psychologist.