Last Friday I had the honor of speaking at “Sharply into the Wind,” the program marking Cornelis van der Kooi’s emeritation at the Free University

What if we had a different kind of conversation? That’s what I’ve been wondering. I watched a good bit of the hearings a couple of

My friend Frederick Dale Bruner loves teaching the big narratives in John’s Gospel.   When he and I used to do a preaching seminar together, a

As an alumnus of Michigan State University, I am deeply upset by the appalling abuse of Larry Nassar. When people say something to me about

Isaiah 58 Fall is such a conflicted season for me. Growing up in Iowa and living in agricultural communities in Michigan and New York, fall

A few weeks ago my sister texted me and told me to turn on NPR immediately. Terry Gross was interviewing Linda Kay Klein about her

Just a week or so ago, the LDS church told its millions that they should cease and desist from calling each other “Mormons.” Maybe, as

“To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known

We’re working hard already at the Calvin Center for Faith and Writing (which I get to co-direct) on the 30th anniversary edition of the Festival