Archive - Transforming Words

Downsizing: Letting Go of Evangelicalism’s Nonessentials

Sep 26 •

Michelle Van Loon

Dancing On Eggshells

I suspect most of us have people in our lives with whom we feel we must walk on eggshells, measuring our words carefully and avoiding hot-button topics…

Sep 23 •

Michelle Van Loon

August 2024

Revive us again?

If you’ve spent any time at all in Evangelical circles, you may have at one time prayed for revival.

Aug 19 •

Michelle Van Loon

April 2024

On Spiritual Downsizing

The empty office was a time capsule of the past, circa 2003.

Apr 3 •

Michelle Van Loon

January 2024

After you leave a church...

Have you ever…

Jan 10 •

Michelle Van Loon

November 2023

A Gift That's The Size of a Drop In The Bucket, Plus Some Writing News

It seems the world is on fire these days, doesn’t it?

Nov 20, 2023 •

Michelle Van Loon

October 2023

Not My Standard Newsletter: The Israel-Hamas War Edition

As some of you reading these words may be aware, my husband and I were scheduled to return to Israel with some friends on October 8th, but the horror of…

Oct 14, 2023 •

Michelle Van Loon

September 2023

LANDING STRIP AND LAUNCH PAD

The Statue of Liberty greeted the tired, the poor, those yearning to be free, and the “wretched refuse” of Eastern Europe who poured into the Port of…

Sep 6, 2023 •

Michelle Van Loon

July 2023

There's Always Something More to Say

From author and speaker Michelle Van Loon

Jul 5, 2023 •

Michelle Van Loon

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