Thirty-three years ago I broke a promise. I told a friend leaving for the summer that I would write to her. Six weeks later I

Like penicillin, silly putty, and LSD, leavened bread was most likely discovered by accident. Most sources say the Egyptians were probably the first to experience

Beginning about a year ago, it was my privilege to serve on the search committee for a new general secretary for the Reformed Church in

I’m Reformed for a bunch of reasons. My reasons aren’t the same now as they were back when I was an arrogant eighteen-year-old, when I

It was five in the morning, the time in his experience—between four and five—when the condemned was wakened to be led out. It was always

Isn’t that fascinating? According to the framers of the catechism there is a symbiotic and inextricable relationship between Jesus Christ and those who love and

Plumb—true, precise, upright. According to my skewed memory, “plumb” was one of my grandfather’s favorite words. As a boy, when we would work on little