Why does the Nicene Creed assign “life” to the Holy Spirit — the Lord and Giver of Life — when it gives creation in general

I love the Bible. I am in it daily, sometimes deeply, sometimes lightly, depending on the readings and my mood. The Daily Office requires praying

What most people mean by the word “confessional” is a booth in a church where you tell your sins to the priest. Scholars use the

The Protestant Church in Oman is a mission of the Reformed Church in America, and I gave them a month of pulpit supply during Lent.

Terry Gross was interviewing the author Judy Blume on NPR’s Fresh Air. Blume had grown up secular Jewish, and Gross was asking her about her

During COVID, when I still lived in Brooklyn, my niece took me bird-watching in Prospect Park. It was warbler time, the days were lengthening, and

“Making disciples who grow disciples” — this is what the leadership of the Reformed Church in America (RCA), the denomination to which I belong, claims

I am curious how discipleship became the primary paradigm of the vital Christian life, especially among Protestants.  My own denomination, the Reformed Church in America