I pause today to honor the memory of Anya Krugovoy Silver, an extremely gifted poet and an incredible woman of faith, who died on Monday.

My oldest child just turned 17, and both of our worlds are changing. Our date nights at the gym have been replaced with me working

In Sarah Arthur’s new book A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L’Engle, she tells of a frequent interaction L’Engle’s daughter Josephine had

As you spend a few last hours this summer in your Adirondack chair under a shady canopy of leaves—with that feeling of autumn’s imminence causing

Twice now I’ve had people ask me to give more examples of how we can love our neighbor. A common theme in my sermons is

What We’re Doing Here by Julie VanDerVeen Van Til Hello. Just now you turned your attention from the blustery fog flipping newspaper pages strewn on

A couple of months ago, I co-taught a preaching seminar in the Rocky Mountains with fellow Twelver, Scott Hoezee, and superstar preaching colleague, Peter Jonker.

The summer seminars I help to lead often provide fodder for this blog.  That was the case last month after a seminar in Colorado.  And

A few years ago, a woman from West Michigan, Rachel, traveled to southern Mexico in order to teach music and English in the tiny village