EssayApril 10, 2017<March 27, 2017 Find the hope by Naomi Wenger On May 29, 2011, I was in conference with a guest at The Hermitage, a retreat center where I serve as Spiritual Director. It…
EditorialFebruary 6, 2017<February 6, 2017 Ten things I did instead of writing an editorial about local government by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma “What can we do?” So many people I know are asking this question right now, as the new President of the United States begins…
EditorialDecember 7, 2015<February 15, 2016 Original thrift by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma Ma was boiling molasses in a pan. When Laura’s kettle was full of popped corn, Ma dipped some into a large pan, poured a…
EssayDecember 3, 2015<February 15, 2016 Melancholy Christmas by Rob Vander Giessen-Reitsma We moved to Three Rivers, Michigan, 13 years ago during a snowy winter to live in a cottage on Pleasant Lake. The cold arrived…
EssayNovember 16, 2015<February 15, 2016 Healing our blindness by Rob Vander Giessen-Reitsma As I write, I’m sitting in my living room watching football on a Sunday evening. I just finished eating a meal made with organic…