22+ hour, 5+ min ago  (136+ words) I threw at least twenty perfectly good sunflower seedlings onto the compost heap, and wiped my hands, glad to be done with it. I turned to other garden tasks as I helped Adrienne with homework: calling out the spellings of…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1013+ words) On Maundy Thursday, commemorating Christ's institution of the sacrament of His body and blood, it's good to contemplate what's at stake. This is evident in a controversy at the Vatican." "In 2016, the late Pope Francis issued a "papal exhortation" on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1152+ words) Looking back on my years in Mormonism feels a little like flipping through an old yearbook" if that yearbook also occasionally tried to convert you. Some memories are meaningful. Some are confusing. And some are unintentionally hilarious in a way…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (542+ words) Last week we posted about the cultural influence of the Lutheran doctrine of vocation on the Scandinavian view of work. We noted how it has been said "that to see the cultural influence of Lutheranism, you need to look not…...