Every once in a while you hear a lecture that is not only deeply engaging but is packed with enough information as to cause your

David Timmer’s blog of yesterday put me in mind of Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 and that in turn put me in mind of

This is not a blog about immigration policy.  This is not a blog that will necessarily even inform or speak into deliberations on U.S. border

As I have noted here on the RJ Blog before, my Center for Excellence in Preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary is now part of a

If you know very much about me, then you know that I am a hobby gourmet cook.  Few things are more enjoyable to me than

Last week at Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary we hosted the Symposium on Worship as co-sponsored by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and

In the movie Apollo 13, not long after an oxygen tank had exploded on the spacecraft, the computers at Mission Control in Houston were flashing

As I write this blog on a snowed-in Sunday, the war between Israel and Hamas centered in Gaza has hit the 100-day mark.  The death

Why is my attention so frequently drawn to people who don’t (or won’t) sing in church?  When I was a pastor—and now anytime I lead