Over the past fifteen years, I have served as a spiritual care coordinator (i.e., chaplain), an associate pastor, a seminary professor at two different institutions,

Jessicah Bratt’s recent blog post engendered a fair amount of gratitude and conversation from our regular readers. She graciously raised pointed questions about the RCA’s

Over the years I’ve encountered students who are adamantly convinced that pastoral care begins and ends with God’s word.  If by this they meant Jesus

I’ve heard much talk in the past five years about the radical changes coming in theological education. From the head of ATS (Association of Theological

I learned preaching and worship leadership from masters of the art. Their classes were captivating and remain some of the most memorable of my seminary

On the strong recommendation of a friend who has yet to steer me wrong on such matters, I began the New Year by watching the