On December 21, 1992, I wrote a letter to Bobby Knight, then coach of the Indiana University basketball team.  I sent a similar letter on

At what point do you correct a parishioner about his insistence that he has prostrate cancer?  How do you break the good news to him

One of the best things about living in a Northern climate is rounding the curve that takes us from winter to spring, from cold to

Ten years ago, Richard Hughes of Pepperdine University and Theron Schlabach of Goshen College organized a small working conference with an awkward title: “Peace Thinking

If anyone ever deserved a little break, I thought as I drove to the Muskegon River after school that Friday afternoon in October, I was

For years youth ministry has been a rapidly growing focus in both Catholic and Protestant Western Christianity. Churches are creating more and more openings for

“Before acting in this play I philosophically didn’t have a problem with the death penalty. What I’ve learned is that the problems lie in implementation.”

The period of “Ordinary Time” makes up the bulk of the church year, and we’re in the midst of it now.  But this past spring,