by Brian Keepers Today my family and I are heading to Chicago for a little overnight “get-away” to see the new van Gogh exhibit, featuring

by Brian Keepers Director Woody Allen once quipped, “I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” Allen’s words

by Brian Keepers A friend recently reminded me that most of the time we preachers are really preaching to ourselves, and the congregation gets to

by Brian Keepers Do you wonder why they couldn’t do it? Why the disciples weren’t able to cast the demon out of that boy? How

by Brian Keepers It’s the day after the Super Bowl. There was an extra amount of hype this year with it being the Super Bowl’s

by Brian Keepers I happened upon it this past week when I was cleaning out the closet of my study. To be honest, I’d forgotten

by Brian Keepers A few years ago we started a tradition in our church of taking time in worship, on the first Sunday after Epiphany,

by Brian Keepers When our oldest daughter Emma was a toddler, we bought a Fisher-Price Nativity Set. Every year we’d pull it out and set

Today, The Twelve is pleased to introduce our newest, regular contributor. Brian Keepers is the Minister of Preaching and Congregational Leadership at Fellowship Reformed Church