My primary orientation is toward the past. I learned this when a friend and fellow enneagram-enthusiast told me that different numbers on the enneagram have

On Sunday afternoon, I led my last worship service as an ordained Minister of the Word in the Christian Reformed Church in North America. The

Tomorrow morning, my husband and I will be helping our oldest daughter move into her dorm room at Queen’s University here in Kingston, Ontario. It

Margaret[1] and I had a proper visit last week – not a quick hello, but a nice long sit-down. Margaret, a resident in the long-term

I love the serenity prayer. Throughout my years of preaching, I’ve used it in all sorts of ways: to inspire surrender (God, grant me the

Our church has the most delightful set of individual communion cups. No two of them are alike. One Sunday a few years ago, one of

This past weekend, my husband and I watched the film, The Society of the Snow—the most recent cinematic account of the 1972 plane crash in

I will be the first to admit that I am a latecomer to women’s NCAA basketball. I’ve been a fan of the Michigan State Spartans

In a recent episode of Kate Bowler’s podcast, Everything Happens, the actor and director, Richard Grant, shared the story of his late wife’s death. Richard