I report to you late on Friday night after two exhilarating days at the Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College. I’m exhausted and happy and there’s still a whole day to go.
Debra RienstraApril 21, 2012
I admit there’s something romantic about wood stoves and typewriters and horse-drawn carriages and other technologies of the past. For about ten minutes. Then, get me back to my central heating, my laptop, and my minivan. And definitely, definitely: give me the internet. There’s nothing…
Debra RienstraMarch 23, 2012
Today, I would like to give some grateful public praise to people who put in a lot of none-but-the-angels labor: musicians.
Debra RienstraMarch 10, 2012
So I wonder if this show is helping us discover what we value after all: modesty, decency, responsibility, honor.
Debra RienstraFebruary 25, 2012
at do you do when you are old and your friends die, and you are left with that aching, empty space where they used to be?
Debra RienstraFebruary 11, 2012
I’m despairing enough about the state of public rhetoric and irresponsible Washington gridlock to agree with this. But if we’re going to change the system, let’s do it right. Debates, however slickly produced, are a bore. Here are some better ideas.
Debra RienstraJanuary 28, 2012
I have been a grumpy dissenter on the vocation question for a long time.
Debra RienstraJanuary 14, 2012
We should get riled up about math class. And what’s wrong with a study hall, medieval or otherwise? Colleges exist to… what is it called again? Oh yeah, educate.
Debra RienstraDecember 31, 2011
If you really want to make an impression in the neighborhood, put some sizzle in your stable scene with these inflatable Reformers: Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, and Knox.
Debra RienstraDecember 17, 2011
