
Rejoicing in Spite of Ourselves
This past week in Advent, we made it to the fancily named Gaudete Sunday—or, translating the Latin, “Rejoice” Sunday. Lighting the pink candle, singing “Joy

This past week in Advent, we made it to the fancily named Gaudete Sunday—or, translating the Latin, “Rejoice” Sunday. Lighting the pink candle, singing “Joy

I think this might be the first Christmas where I’m truly doing only the things I want to do. That sounds dangerously selfish. But it

Pluribus is the most morally interesting show since Breaking Bad and its sequel Better Call Saul. What these shows have in common is Vince Gilligan,

Assume the best in ourselves and in others and get curious. Aim to connect rather than convince!

The Reformed Standards insist on boundaries, divisions, and internal uniformity while we yearn for bridges, unity, and internal diversity.

I crawled under the plastic branches to discover I had rotated the tree so enthusiastically that I’d pulled the light cord taut enough to rip

I often rode Navy frigates along the Pacific coast of Central America that fell under Coast Guard authority for counter-drug operations.

It was around 1980 that Trisha Zinger and I starred in what had to have been the best children’s Christmas program of all time. While