Couldn’t be more different, I suppose. In Rome’s famous Borgese Galleries’ Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s David is an immensely commanding presence that isn’t just to look at.

I think every church leader should listen to and contemplate episode 23 of Professor Debra Rienstra’s Refugia Faith podcast. It’s entitled “Purple Zone Refugia: Leah

Perhaps, like me, you heard the NPR story this week about “puffling season”: the practice of pitching puffins off of precipices. Alliterative fun aside, this

The cupboard in my soul that holds wonderings, trivia, and odd observations is overflowing once again. Time for another installment of random things. Here’s ten

My father died on August 13. Although he’d been declining for the past several months, and although he had reached the grand old age of

“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how

I’ve been thinking a lot about rest this year. It can be hard thinking about rest when we live in a society that’s so ultra-focused

I’m teaching a short course on Vietnam this month as a prelude to the trip I’ll be leading there in November. We’re doing a quick

I was at a gathering this weekend that began with worship. The worship leader offered a short devotional, encouraging us, in the words of Jesus