Bob Anderson is senior pastor of Redeemer Covenant Church in Orangevale, California. What happens when God’s miracle breaks through our expectations? The great American preacher Howard Thurman once said, “Christmas is a mood, a quality, a symbol. It is never […]
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Grandma’s Time with St. Ignatius
Lessons in living a life of gratitude Margaret Einerwold, my maternal grandmother, taught me how to sew and bake and even how to iron a shirt. She taught me how to cook and how to pluck feathers (yes, even pinfeathers) […]
The Divine Work of Wasting Time
Steve Wong is pastor of Grace Community Covenant Church in Los Altos, California. Reflections on reorganizing the way we live together I think my daughter’s hamster just died. Actually, it may have died a couple of days ago, but no […]
A Profile in Courage and Compassion
Stan Friedman is the news editor for the Department of Communication. A horrific collision involving the high-school wrestling team reveals the true character of a small town in Iowa. I’ll always remember where I was on 9/11, I’ll always remember […]
The Vista Sisters’ Fruitful Mission
In retirement, two sisters were looking for a way to connect to their community. They discovered a way to make a difference in the world. Bleak. That was the word that sprang to mind for twenty-six-year-old Virginnia Swenson when she […]
Coming to A New Land
The story of immigration in the United States and Canada is a richly textured one. People come from all walks of life, from varied corners of the globe. They come from war-ravaged countries and from neighboring nations. They come both […]
A Refuge in Iowa
Set in the rolling hills of eastern Iowa, Postville seemed like a slice of heaven. The town of 2,400 was surprisingly diverse — by one estimation, as many as twenty-seven different cultures were living and working side by side, including […]