4+ hour, 38+ min ago  (588+ words) Toward the end of January, I was invited by one of the pastors of my church to offer the prayers of the people on Sunday, March 1. One of the other pastors would be gone that day and she wondered if…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (587+ words) Each week, the church I work at includes some sort of contemporary reading as part of our worship service. This is perhaps not a particularly orthodox choice, but it means that we get to hear voices like Martin Luther King…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (372+ words) I, of course, had to read the book first. I won't talk about the book much'if you want a review of that, you can read William Boerman-Cornell's review from last week." Even though I typically would, I won't encourage you…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (540+ words) Increasingly, I'm aware of spending more and more time prayerfully thanking God for authors that have enriched my life. The downside is that too often my thoughts of these dear folk arise somewhere between 2 and 4 am. Some of these writers…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (355+ words) I can't write objectively about the Boundary Waters, but that's the point I suppose. RJ editor Jeff Munroe e-mailed me a couple weeks ago with a suggestion from a "faithful reader" that the "writer you have from Wisconsin,' write about…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (661+ words) May is Mental Health Awareness month." I hope we can make mental health conversations so common that we don't need a month to remind us of who we are. Imagine if awareness of heart, mind, body, and soul became so…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (338+ words) I said yes, and clearly got the better end of the arrangement. Seneca Falls turned out to be great experience for both of us, while Cindi graciously put up with our return to Cooperstown. During 2 " days in and around Seneca…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (424+ words) The summer before my senior year at Calvin, I packed a large suitcase and my violin and flew across the country to work for a few months in Yosemite National Park. I spent my Sunday mornings as a volunteer helping…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (289+ words) The bittersweet end of the academic year means waving a fond goodbye to our graduates and wishing them well. It also means a sigh of relief after the rigors of the past months. No more hustling for class, no more…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (114+ words) But I can tell you some reasons why you need to read this book. Fourth: This is the sort of book that, as soon as you read it, you'll be surprised to find that there are a lot of other…...