By Tom Boogaart Christmas is a time for Christians to be thinking about emperors, although you would never know this attending a typical Christmas pageant.

At my house this Advent, we have become unintentional liturgical season purists. Two days before Christmas, and still not one Christmas box hauled up from

Having seen The Last Jedi twice, and having read numerous interpretations and critiques, I admit I enjoyed the film. I know I’m not supposed to

It’s the shortest day of the year today. The winter solstice will occur in approximately 2.5 hours from the writing of this post. In one

I had hoped for a beautiful and lengthy post reflecting on the gravitas of Christmas, but alas, I don’t have that. I, like many pastors,

In Marilynne Robinson’s luminous epistolary novel Gilead we read the musings of the Rev. John Ames.   Ames is coming to the end of his days

The Christmas holiday makes some people nuts. Seriously nuts. There’s a reason why George Costanza’s father, Frank, decided to reject Christmas in favor of a

By Tom Boogaart A few years ago, an historic Reformed Church was celebrating its sesquicentennial and inviting various people to come and talk about the

by Chuck DeGroat Pardon the length of this piece, but we really need to talk. It’s become inevitable that I’ll get a call or email