Like Laura de Jong yesterday, I’m too rocked by this week’s Christian Reformed Synod to speak to it. Maybe next time. But for now, a

More often than not, my week to write the blog comes around and I spend quite a bit of time wondering what on earth I’m

“I Learned It By Watching You!” It felt like we were acting out that famous anti-drug-use commercial from the 80s.  You know the one. Father

The rain hadn’t let up at all that day. But then, this was England—wasn’t it supposed to be this way? The morning had dictated soggy

The late Walter Wink’s masterful three volume treatment of biblical “powers and principalities,” — what he calls “the invisible forces that determine human existence”– begins

It’s at least a small step up from the ham buns now. The funeral home staff orders some nice chicken salad on croissants, and I

This is written the day after Memorial Day. I awoke that morning aware of what day it was. I put up the flag. I stood

Shortly after last year’s synod, I had a conversation with a non-affirming office bearer in the Christian Reformed Church (CRCNA). This individual suggested to me