The Reformed Standards insist on boundaries, divisions, and internal uniformity while we yearn for bridges, unity, and internal diversity.

We cover the gamut, from climate change to politics to piety to theology, and we do so because that’s what our founding editors did from

You can’t dismiss creeds and confessions because of their “politics.” They typically emerge out of crises which typically have a political dimension.

Ferber purportedly took inspiration for her heroine from the real-life Antje Paarlberg of South Holland (“Low Prairie”), Illinois, but So Big’s pictureof Dutch-American culture and

Those fleeing the disappointments of church in our time and seeking refuge in the warm circle of Jesus-lovers might want to consider the limitations manifested

Schuller’s land of Oz turned out to be Orange County, California, and there he did not find but built his Emerald City.

From this saga we can glean hope’s core ingredient. There are the predictable humility and gratitude but also the less predictable humor, play, and joy.

My correspondents admire what I call the triple-S complex in Christian Reformed collective character: sacrificial, sober, and stalwart. But they also see a negative obverse

Hi Ron: I’m glad to have you for my ideal reader because the stuff I’m discussing in this series can get very heavy and abstract.