by Ruth Verkaik | Jun 5, 2025 | Theology, Thinking
I realize “Church” conjures up some hard things for many people, but imagine an olive-skinned woman who hasn’t aged at all. Her mature face boldly stares into mine. We’re seated at a table and suddenly the ambient clatter dies like someone...
by Ruth Verkaik | May 13, 2021 | Theology, Thinking
I’m stuck in a badly written dystopian novel. What else do you call conversations about vaccines, their potency, forced quarantines and how the health department wants me to get a vaccine simply so they have a paper trail? I was ranting to my hubby. “If I...
by Ruth Verkaik | Mar 11, 2021 | Books, Creativity, Theology, Thinking
Did you know that his publisher bet Ted that he couldn’t write a book using only 50 words? The result was Green Eggs and Ham. Did you know Horton Hears a Who was published after Horton Hatches the Egg? I always figured Horton sat on the egg because he remembered a...
by Ruth Verkaik | Oct 15, 2020 | Theology, Thinking
The literal answer to that would be Adam and Eve. They raised Cain – as well as his brother Abel. I’ve heard their story for what has seemed a thousand times but this week challenged my previous conclusions. If you’re not familiar with the story in...
by Ruth Verkaik | Mar 12, 2020 | Theology, Thinking
As you can see, this post was going to be about Lent. But it seems today has been hijacked by COVID-19 aka the Coronavirus. My son’s 5th grade orientation was abruptly cancelled just hours before it started. Kids were full out crying in his class, they were so...
