Someone once observed that there is no sentence in the English language that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the one that begins,

Recently on the Groundwork radio program I am privileged to co-host along with Rev. David Bast, we did a four-part series on that Old Testament

Last week in the Psalms & Wisdom Literature class I am helping out in this semester, we reflected on the nature of lament in the

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