I crawled under the plastic branches to discover I had rotated the tree so enthusiastically that I’d pulled the light cord taut enough to rip

I often rode Navy frigates along the Pacific coast of Central America that fell under Coast Guard authority for counter-drug operations.

It was around 1980 that Trisha Zinger and I starred in what had to have been the best children’s Christmas program of all time. While

We tell the story sentimentally. And, sentimentally, we call you Prince of Peace. Sentimentally—even though you were born to a world that crucified you and

For seventeen centuries St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, Saint in Bari, has inspired people by his faith and generosity. Nicholas grew up during the late

I went inside and told the officer behind the window that I was lost. That was the first lie.

It’s in the darkness that Christ’s ambassadors should shine the brightest. And yet, similar to our church’s Christ candle when we forget to fill it

Our earliest understanding is a phenology. Days and seasons, stars and tides. Winter birds and warblers passing through. Green vestments becoming blue becoming white.

I spent a surprising amount of time in the principal’s office my senior year of high school.

You never do know how many monkey stories somebody has. It’s what I like about what we have going here at Reformed Journal: we’re a

When we learn about bones, we talk about the importance of tension or stress for bone health. Your bones remodel constantly in response to stress.