Category Archives: Faith
Cultural Events at North Central College: A Personal History
This is the LEAD POST in a series on major conferences and individual speakers I helped bring to my college as the head of, first, The Visiting Lecturer Committee, which then grew to become the Cultural Events Committee. I’m posting … Continue reading
Psalm 103: Transience and Compassion
I believe Psalm 103 makes this crucial connection: our souls Praise the Lord because He knows we are like flowers. God has compassion on us because we will not last—we blow in the wind and are gone—and this transience is, paradoxically, profoundly bitter … Continue reading
What the Widow’s Mite Adds Up To
Friday, early morning, the day after Thanksgiving 2015, we lost our closest friend, Deanna Petersohn, to an aggressive cancer. Less than three months passed between her diagnosis and her death. She was only 60. A quick and outrageous wit, extraordinary loyalty, … Continue reading