Mad about Science: Medieval brewing
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist Anywhere you travel — from New York, U.S. to York, U.K. — you can expect a uniform taste from two of the same brands of alcoholic brew. Modern brewing...
Tagged: religion
Sister of Eve
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Nana made our clothes until her hands couldn’t hold the thread. She dedicated her downstairs living room to the craft: pins and needles scattered across three tables, streams of...
A few thoughts… on holy holidays
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” asserts the song. The reference of lyricists Edward Pola and George Wyle and performer Andy Williams was, of course, to the...
Let’s talk about vampires
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff I blame Twilight on the Puritans. Vampires have featured in American culture and media for centuries, but never more so than in the past 50 years, with smash-hits like...
The un-wokeness of Christian nationalism
By Paul Graves Reader Contributor Sometimes, ignorance breeds irony. Irony comes from a Greek word, eirôneia, which means “feigned ignorance.“ One such example may be the “woke” cultural phenomenon. Perhaps many people who think...
A story of resilience
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Contributor Ellen Weissman never used to worry about expressing her Jewish identity. For years, it was suffused into the rhythms of everyday life. Even as she witnessed events like the...
Bless this hunt: The many ways we prepare for a successful elk season
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Last Sunday, I found myself at Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church for the Blessing of the Hunters. I saw the event online, advertised as a chance to “receive your...
The ‘logic’ of anti-abortion extremism ain’t pretty
By Nick Gier Reader Staff “It is absurd to call a fertilized ovum a baby.” —Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain Only just recently pro-lifers have argued that abortions should be allowed up to the point when the...
Does Mike Pence have the patience of Job?
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist “I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create evil. I the Lord do all these things.” —Isaiah 45:7 (KJV) “God moves and actuates all in...
A belated Easter message
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Easter was late this year, and the date changes every year according to an astronomical calculation. After much controversy in the early church, it was finally decided that Easter...
