Resurrection now
byHow sad it is … that after two thousand years, the church has gotten most Christians only to the point to which the Pharisees…
Rocky River Series: Bridge
by Kirstin Vander Giessen-ReitsmaThree Rivers, Michigan (March 2017) One of the reasons I love living in downtown Three Rivers is that I get to experience the pleasures…
How it all turned out
by the daily asteriskIt was already about noon. The sun’s light went out and darkness settled over the land until three o’clock. The big curtain in the…
The time is surely coming
by the daily asteriskAlong the road they grabbed Simon “the New Yorker” as he was coming in from the field. They made him walk behind Jesus and…
Walking the Shoreline
by Kristina EnglandDock elongates winter cold, overwrought with broken shells, white and purple fragments, wood cake of seagull feathers, droppings. Lampposts extend to the clouds, like…
Their voices won
by the daily asteriskThen Pilate called together the executives and the leaders and the people, and said to them, “You brought this man before me as a…
Terra Irredenta
by Elisavietta RitchieWashington, D.C. A doe and fawn in our driveway— Two fox cubs play in the yard. A pair of red-tailed hawks patrol the ravine…
Artificial images
by the daily asteriskThis, then, is our situation today: through the eruption of unlimited artificial images, we have reduced truth to the order of reality and banished…
Find the hope
by Naomi WengerOn May 29, 2011, I was in conference with a guest at The Hermitage, a retreat center where I serve as Spiritual Director. It…
Worldwide fellowship
by the daily asteriskThis call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one’s tribe, race, class, and nation is in reality a call for an…