Music’s power to connect and reconcile, like that of language, is not automatic; it has to be built.

March 15 was the day the Wisconsin State Climatology Office declared as the official thaw date.

I’m writing this on Tuesday, March 25—a fascinating confluence of a day because it’s Flannery O’Connor’s 100thbirthday, it’s Dante Day in Florence (because it’s the

When I think of what the “church growth movement” gave me, my answers would be anxiety, shame, fear of failure, resentment, and a few other

Paul did not include the words “comfy” or “detached” in his list. Sometimes the most true thing to acknowledge is that we are worried. Sometimes

Soon enough your life is colored by battles you never signed up for and obligations that you wouldn’t have chosen for yourself.

Although we played by the rules and didn’t do anything wrong, there is no longer a place for us in the Christian Reformed Church.

Spiegel im Spiegel – German for “Mirrors in the mirror.” An infinity of mirror images repeating themselves. Have you stood in the space between the

If you, like me, have ever struggled with a stammer or stutter, you know the awkward pause—that moment of silence when a word gets stuck

A work of art is an invitation to the interior. It’s an invitation to stop for a moment and adjust our vision. It’s a reminder

I kept finding myself drawn back in time to these Christian saints living before our modern categories of chronic illness and disability.

Duke Divinity School Professor Richard Lischer once wrote: “Vocation puts an end to you in order to disclose your true end.”  These words give me