by Julie Pray Walton | May 1, 2023 | Faith and Culture
“We have never known what we were doing because we have never known what we were undoing.” -Wendell Berry We recently had to raze the forest behind the family home to make way for moving the house back from the eroding bluff caused by Lake Michigan’s high water. This...
by Laura Peterson | Jul 1, 2020 | Faith and Culture
Coming into marriage, my husband and I had very different experiences with hospitality. I grew up in a socially “quiet” family. My parents’ friends never stopped by unannounced (or practically ever) and I can only recall one memory of our family hosting a party. We...
by Leslie Verner | Sep 1, 2019 | Faith and Culture
My first Christmas in China, my American teammate got sick and asked to be alone. Rather than spend Christmas binge-watching television by myself, I jogged to the outskirts of the city where tarmac turned to orange dust. I ran through dry fields that would grow...
by Stephanie Reeves | Dec 1, 2018 | Relationship
The tables were all set with festive tablecloths and centerpieces, and light twinkled from votive candles as we awaited the arrival of our guests. Christmas was in the air. As more than 40 of our close friends gathered in the warm Florida December evening to celebrate...
by Leslie Verner | Apr 1, 2018 | Faith and Culture, Relationship
We’ve been invited to a church member’s home for a meal just three times in three years. As an accidental experiment in the Colorado city where we moved three years ago, we visited 17 churches, landing at 2 for about a year, 3 for a month each, and visited the others...
