If you are someone who is instantly turned off by the kind of blog (or any kind of writing) whose premise is along the lines

Once upon a time comedian Bill Maher poked good-natured fun of religion and the church.   My family and I love watching old clips from “The

Note: Because of the timeliness of this blog post and because it makes such excellent observations, I invited my colleague, Greg Scheer, to post today

The sudden death of the actor James Gandolfini at the age of 51 reminded lots of people of those years watching “The Sopranos” and the

Growing up in the CRC there were certain hymns we’d sing from the old blue Psalter Hymnal that contained lines that always stuck with me.  

My family and I just spent our annual first full weekend at a small cottage we have about an hour north of Grand Rapids.  It’s

The past six days are to me a blur, and the ordinary way of remembering days past seems not to apply.  Anyone reading this who