“There’s never a call away from something without a call to something else.” I’ve heard variations on this theme throughout my years of ministry. I’m

“Pastors are people who stay.” My husband recently attended the CRC chaplains’ conference in Grand Rapids and Professor Danjuma Gibson was one of the presenters.

A man in my community died last month. After a twelve month tangle with glioblastoma, he entered a ten-day rapid unraveling and died on July

A few weeks ago, I had a dream. In the dream, the world was about to end. All that was Land was going to become

The Christian Reformed Church of North America has always been my home. I was baptized by my dad – a CRC minister – in the

When she comes to me, she usually comes at night – in that little valley between awake and asleep. I see Mom so clearly, so

Twenty-five years ago, the Dordt College concert choir loaded up on a bus for our spring break tour. Our first stop didn’t make it on

Isn’t counted cross-stitch just glorified paint-by-number? That’s what I thought (but would never say) when my mom would spend countless hours following pre-made patterns, counting