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

Once again summer schedules and the calendar mean I am composing this blog five days before it will appear.  I won’t know what my colleagues

As I am leading a seminar out West this week, I am writing this blog before the CRC Synod is over. And there will be

By the end of this week my denomination’s annual meeting of the Synod will have begun.  My colleague here on The Twelve, Steve Mathonnet VanderWell,

Last week I sat in on an oral Ph.D. dissertation defense that focused on a Bible commentator from the 17th century.  Among the propositions the

It has been 31 years since Neil Postman released his book Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business.  At the

I have long been an advocate for pastoral prayers that evince a capaciousness of thought and perspective.  It’s too easy to pray for only the