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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
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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
A time or two in the past here on The Twelve I have mused a bit about the lack of civility in society today. I

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
It’s difficult for me to believe that it’s been now close to 8 years since I left my last congregation as pastor and weekly preacher.

On Easter Monday I caught the first 20 minutes of The Diane Rhem Show on NPR in which Diane was interviewing the Pulitizer Prize-winning novelist