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Refugia Faith is one of the best books in print on how people of faith can summon the hope and the courage needed to heal
“I feel homeless,” said Susan. “Why?” queried Andrew. “I mean, look around,” Susan continued. “This summer blistering heatwaves have killed hundreds of people here in
Revelation 21:1-22:7 We were on vacation and had been traveling for almost three weeks. Everyone—I, my wife, and my three young daughters—was tired. We were
John 1:1-18 Every May I teach a Hope College course called Ecological Theology and Ethics. It runs for three weeks, with the middle two weeks
Luke 15:11-32 The shame of it all. We were all shamed by the request Jacob made to his father. The entire household was embarrassed by
Isaiah 54:1-10 and Zechariah 8:1-8 One cultural observer describes life today as “coping with the flux.” Our age is characterized as a time of ever accelerating change,
Genesis 3:1-4:16 The woman took her place in line with the others. Her hunched gait and wrinkled skin caught my eye as she made her
Genesis 1:1-2:4 All of us have memories of home. When asked about home, we often talk about the house (or houses) we grew up in.
Steve Bouma-Prediger Rich Mouw is widely regarded as one of the most well-known and influential Christian scholars of his generation. A philosopher by training but
JUNE/JULY 2012: EDITOR’S NOTE by Steven Bouma-Prediger Nicholas Wolterstorff is widely regarded as one of the greatest Christian thinkers of his generation. A philosopher by
“Despite its protests to the contrary, modern Christianity has become willy-nilly the religion of the state and the economic status-quo. Because it has been so
Steve Bouma-Prediger If you ever met them, you wouldn’t think that Kenneth and Kenny share much more than their names. But even their names are
NOVEMBER 2007: REVIEW What does it mean to engage in a spiritual reading of the Bible? How do we read the Bible not for information
Steven Bouma-Prediger You can’t tell me there is no mystery It’s everywhere I turn So sings Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn in a new song. In
My wood-pallet compost bin is decomposing. Not only the leaves and coffee grounds and eggshells inside it, but the bin itself. It desperately needs to
“Abuse is use without grace; it is always a failure in the counterpoint of use and enjoyment.” So argues Joseph Sittler in the title essay
