If you have been involved in most any aspect of ministry in the church, then sooner or later you confront some tough realities. Probably pastors

State of Our Union Tonight the President will deliver the delayed State of the Union speech to Congress.  Its every word will be analyzed.   Pundits

After a long hiatus of anything resembling Winter, here in Michigan we have been back in the deep freeze the last few days with a

A couple of months ago at a conference I was privileged to hear former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.  The conference was aimed chiefly at

In the second year of the presidency of Donald Trump, while Mike Pence was vice-president and while Theresa May led England and Justin Trudeau led

Two weeks ago I did a short blog here as part of our annual fundraiser (and thank you to all who chipped in!).   In it

When I was in seminary, I was very well aware of the magazine the Reformed Journal but had not yet heard much about its Reformed

[Note:  For my post this week, I offer a slightly revised Thanksgiving Day meditation I gave some years back.   It is based on Matthew 6:19-36

As the schedule would have it, election day in the U.S. coincides with my turn here on The Twelve.  I spent a long while Monday