Once again the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship has spread a banquet feast of inspiration at the annual Worship Symposium (annual! hard to imagine how

Of all the good books I received as Christmas gifts this year, one has captured my heart: You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf

Come, Savior. Come amid the salt-crusted cars lined up at the light, amid the clamor and bustle of commerce, the grocery store cash drawer rings,

“There are two elements of the constitution, wrote Walter Bagehot in 1867, the efficient and the dignified. … The efficient has the power to make

by Debra Rienstra When I was on the Perspectives board years ago, I used to refer to our semi-annual meetings as “tribal council.” We gathered

You want to unite a divided nation? I’ll tell you how to unite a divided nation. What we need is a common enemy. In other

Four weeks ago, I wrote this post. I have to take it back. The election results proved me wrong. I’m grieving. Not because I have policy

INT. KIDS THESE DAYS CAFÉ, HEAVEN – ETERNAL DAY Small clusters of saints in white robes, vaguely glowing, chatter convivially around heavy wood tables in

To make up for missing two weeks, I here offer an extra-long post (fair warning!) recounting one of my Britain adventures. Ron and I happened