I can’t believe how many Protestants have suddenly become Roman Catholic in their anti-Obamacare arguments. Please listen carefully, all you who oppose the Affordable Care

Is no theology preferable to bad theology? In my town, Pella, Iowa, Tulip Time was almost three weeks ago. The tulips weren’t quite ready, but

It was a facetious question. More or less. “Have you ever considered planting churches that are very intentionally open and affirming of LGBT folk? Given

“Grandpa, we don’t pray in restaurants!” So declared my daughter to my father, many, many years ago. Our food had arrived, and as was his

Fred Phelps, the controversial founder of Westboro Baptist Church, died last week. If you want to know more about Fred, you’ll have to read elsewhere.

Or “Neo-Pagans” and “Unchurched” Neo-pagan. It’s a term I toss around frequently, often endearingly. I think of many friends and acquaintances who I describe as

Small-town church life in the upper Midwest means that we do funerals—quite a few. Iowa, for instance, is among the most elderly states in the