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

I just returned from a week in Asheville, North Carolina, where a lot of the talk is about HB2, the new LGBT-related law that allows

Last week I spent two days interacting with ten pastors who served as peer group leaders for me last year as part of a Lilly

There is an agony afoot among pastors and other Christian leaders.   I see it all over Facebook.   I read about it in leading Christian periodicals

Back in the late 1990s shortly after I published a little book called Remember Creation, I was invited to give five morning lectures on creation

Spring Semester started at Calvin College and Seminary yesterday.  Again.   Seems like not so long ago I was gearing up for this same semester, only