This coming Sunday, I will be preaching the final sermon in a series on the book of Nehemiah. Chapter thirteen is a bit of a

Election Day 2016 was a 27 hour day for me. I spent most of the day in the air and in airports. I was traveling

What if we had a different kind of conversation? That’s what I’ve been wondering. I watched a good bit of the hearings a couple of

Several members of my congregation are in the midst of a three day training, learning to become facilitators of restorative practices and cultivators of a

There’s something about faces. A week and a half ago, Twelve blogger, Debra Rienstra, posted her reflection on the story of Katie Stubblefield, the youngest

“But what if you die, and we’re not with you?” My nearly 12-year-old daughter asked me this last week as we looked ahead to the

A couple of months ago, I co-taught a preaching seminar in the Rocky Mountains with fellow Twelver, Scott Hoezee, and superstar preaching colleague, Peter Jonker.

The light turns green. I step into the crosswalk at River Avenue and 16th Street in downtown Holland, Michigan and as I do, a strange

20km. Easy pace. One day of each week of my distance-cycling training schedule last summer recommended this – a 20 km ride at an easy