My church history professor Henry Zwaanstra died recently, giving me opportunity to remember the classes I took with him and the lessons we learned from

You never know when you might run across some pretty solid theology.  Take, for instance, the other day: I was privileged to have lunch with

Somewhere in her luminous novel Gilead, Marilynne Robinson describes a storm that blows the roof off of a chicken coop. In describing the reactions of

A bit before sunset on Christmas Day I ended the day of our Lord’s birth picking up toys and the contents of a diaper bag

Note: Every week I post sermon ideas on my Center for Excellence in Preaching website.  But every once in a while these pieces may have

One week ago today I was in Atlanta to record a Day1 radio program.   The recording wrapped up before noon and although I was meeting

Years ago at the church I served I got in hot water with a parishioner after I gave a sermon illustration that was critical of

The headline on CNN Monday morning was “Campaign in Limbo” and reflected on the fact that although two weeks remain in this never-ending presidential election–and

My daughter knows I like picking up old postcards at antique malls sometimes and so last week brought me home a couple oldies she found