I am thinking about windmills and lighthouses, after attending the Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College, Grand Rapids. FFW is a bi-annual, three-day April conference where 2000 writers, editors, and readers descend on campus to hear speakers intertwine their faith with their writing under an interfaith flag. The Festival offers a buffet for…
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Soap talk–It’s Crazy!
Someone close to me suggests I stop overusing the word crazy. Because this person is wise, I am zipping lips–a little. However, I just read that actress Jessica Alba’s eco-friendy soap company has a subcontractor that may have slipped a “no-no” chemical into green products for quite some time. No one in the company hierarchy…
Why Did God Take Beautiful Joey Feek?
I discovered Joey and Rory Feek after the country singers were nominated this year for a Grammy Award for best country duo/group performance. The duo’s seventh studio album, Hymns That Are Important to Us, was released February 12. It was a pleasant surprise to find their music. But recently, thousands of fans and I had to ask, “Why…