I did have an Apple.  It was an Apple IIgs computer.  Had a color monitor and everything and at 256 kb of embedded memory, it

Regular readers of The Twelve, and particularly those who are familiar with my past postings, know two things: I have grave and abiding concerns about

The megachurch phenomenon is fraught with challenges and questions.  Increasingly we are also seeing not just one huge congregation that worships in a single cavernous

Perhaps it went largely unnoticed as Americans this past weekend were gearing up for a holiday weekend.  Still, something rather remarkable happened. North Korea test

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A high school classmate of mine died last week.   Now that my classmates and I have entered our mid-50s, the death of a peer, though

Originally published in 2105, here is Scott’s take for the Tuesday of Holy Week. Palm/Passion Sunday kicks off Holy Week every year but mostly we

            One of the more formative experiences of my life came when as a college student I was able to visit socialist East Germany some

Last week at a colloquium I attended, a colleague of mine originally from Mexico was describing my seminary’s highly successful certificate program designed to provide