Michelle Van Loon

I’m 49 years old, far too old for Dodgeball. Right? Today I was sitting in a meeting at work, and some of the other staffers were discussing some end-of-semester student activities. One of these events was a Dodgeball tournament with…

A little light hit a dark corner in my soul this morning. Maybe these words will do the same for you today. Listen: Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. Jesus…

If you and I have ever talked about books, you know I have always proudly proclaimed that I’m not much of a fiction person. Oh, I appreciate the classics, and have written a number of works myself fiction over the…

In the wake of Tuesday’s election, I have read and listened to plenty of response from Christians across the spectrum. And one of the things I’m hearing again and again, usually from people disappointed (or much, much worse) about the…

It’s not too often we get an opportunity to have a do-over in life, but on Sunday afternoon, I had a chance to revise a reader’s theater script I’d adapted from a Tolstoy short story almost 15 years ago. The…

“The candidate who is most positive about our future almost always wins elections.” Seems so obvious, doesn’t it? I heard a commentator mention this last night, and it got me thinking. In all the polling and endless analysis, all sorts…