In June of 1999, after returning to Michigan from a stay in Rwanda, my husband and I adopted three African-American siblings from the foster care

To all the graduates at Eastern University, together with their overseers–family, friends, university faculty, and administrative deacons: Grace and peace to you from God our

When we ordain a new elder or deacon at my church, a substantial proportion of the congregation gets into the act. We have the custom

Her picture hangs on the wall of my office–as she was as a young WAVE cryptographer during World War II. In profile, her upturned face

Chadwick Ray acknowledges the growing income disparity in the United States but wonders, citing Paul, if the Christian qualities of piety are not “indifferent to

“God is not a Democrat or a Republican.” One in five students receiving a diploma at Calvin College this past May wore these words somewhere

The movie Sideways, winner of an Oscar and two Golden Globes this year, leaves viewers laughing so hard they cry. Some of the tears flow