The exterior architecture, showing a rose window, arched window, and vauled roof As a teen in the 90s, I saw the grunge era of Nirvana, Reality Bites, and heroin give way to the club kids scene of techno, Kids, and Special K.  The hallways of my suburban high school teemed with teens wearing platform...

The nave, showing the pews and supportive columns. When I heard that Eric Metaxas was speaking at Calvary Church about his new book Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy — A Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich, I knew I couldn’t miss the opportunity to hear him talk and to feature him...

Every other year, Calvin College hosts a Festival of Faith & Writing that brings together some of the brightest writers of our generation whose works Diane shared her homemade hummus illuminate “spiritual understanding, grace, or transcendence.”  In addition to speakers like...

Susan Isaacs and Donald Miller have been doing a lot of church hopping lately.  Through the fall, they were popping in and out of churches across Donald Miller, Susan Isaacs, Stephanie Nikolopoulos, and Sally Lloyd-Jones America to share from their latest books.  When they stopped in New York, they...

Church: St. John’s Church Lafayette Square St. John's Church Lafayette Square / Notice the neoclassical columns reminiscent of the Parthenon / Photo by Stephanie Nikolopoulos Nickname: The Church of the Presidents Location: Across from the White House Website: http://www.stjohns-dc.org/ Architect:...

As I write this, the worst fires to ravage Greece since 2007 are blazing through the northern suburbs of Athens. I’ve been following developments closely. This is more than a morbid curiosity. My brother goes to college in Athens. From the news reports, I’ve gathered that although the fires rage...

Location: On Hennepin Avenue between 16th & 17th Streets in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota Website: http://www.mary.org/ Blog: https://mybasilica.mary.org/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=401&dgs1225=0 Architect: Emmanuel Louis Masqueray was born in Dieppe, France, in 1861. After studying architecture...

Yesterday two U.S. reporters, Euna Lee and Laura Ling (former “The View” cohost Lisa Ling’s sister), were sentenced to twelve years of hard labor at a North Korean prison. The California-based reporters for Al Gore’s Current TV had been arrested back in March for allegedly (they may have...

In light of St. Patrick’s Day having been this week, let’s take a hop, skip, and a jump across the pond to Ireland to visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Location: Dublin, IrelandWebsite: www.stpatrickscathedral.ieArchitect: Various, due to reconstructionBuilt: 1191 [photo of me outside...

Get your beads ready! In celebration of Mardi Gras, Burnside Writers Collective is taking you on a virtual trip to New Orleans. Despite its spicy reputation for Girls Gone Wild exploits, N’awlins has a rich cultural and religious heritage. Let’s head on over to the French Quarter, where we can...