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College Radio

We can gain something from the Ike Carters and the student DJs of our communities: a human connection, a community connection—not to mention great music.

Why We Need Christmas Trees

Rituals are our allies in sorrow. They help us appreciate what brief time we had with our loved ones while acknowledging the years we will face without them.

Welcoming a Baby in Advent

Like Mary and all Israel waiting for the Messiah, like a mother welcoming a child, we are to “wait for it with patience.”

Against Bigness, Not Against Health Insurance

I believe in personal responsibility; insurance companies believe in impersonal responsibility.

Lead Kindly Light

And so, feeling blessed by the rich experiences of my ministry, I stand at the start of a new year in the dying days of the old one.

The Writing on the Wall

The writing may still be on the wall, but a different story is being written in our block.

Tri Robinson Looks Back in Thanks  

After a life of physical and spiritual adventure, an innovative homesteading teacher and pastor turns green with gratitude. Highlights 1:00       California to Idaho (before everybody was...

William James’s Grief

Decades of sorrow and searching for clinical evidence have strengthened his resolve, tempered now by experiences that add up to more than disparate bits of empirical data.

Confessions of a Caffeine Addict

My addiction, rather, is of a more respectable variety.

Life in the Cyborg Age: A Conversation with Josh Pauling

And Robin and I really hope that this book can be part of that movement to help people get outside the Machine, throw sand in its gears, and live as creatures—human beings, fully alive.