Category: Blog

Blog

Limping Forward

My wife Jodi has a picture of the two of us dancing at a wedding as the screensaver on her phone. She loves that picture.

Read More »
Blog

The Pool as Sacred Space

We live in an 1920s brick home within an upper middle class neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Our house offers a lot of character and

Read More »
Blog

Gatekeeping

The board of Elders at my brother’s church (which is not in the Reformed tradition) had a woman come to their meeting to profess her

Read More »
Blog

Enduring Things

High up a winding alpine road, at almost the very top of a narrow canyon, stood the 1920s log cabin my parents purchased in the

Read More »
Blog

A Church Like Aldi

I remember when it was considered a good idea for churches to look and feel like shopping malls, a place where 1990s people felt comfortable

Read More »
Blog

“If you are strong, I am strong.”

It’s now been almost two weeks since the first presidential debate. Words like “disaster,” “debacle,” and “embarrassment” have been used to describe it. Neither candidate

Read More »
Blog

Just Keep Walking

For the past month I’ve had the opportunity to chat — or is it snap? — with my daughter Jenna as she journeys along the

Read More »
Blog

An American Moment

If you have ever spent time interacting with Indians, you are likely familiar with the Indian head bobble. Also referred to as the Indian head

Read More »