The Pastor’s Quandary
March is Oral Comp season here at Calvin Seminary where I teach. In a couple of weeks all of our seniors who are completing their
March is Oral Comp season here at Calvin Seminary where I teach. In a couple of weeks all of our seniors who are completing their

Today we welcome Rebecca Koerselman to The Twelve. Rebecca teaches history at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. Thanks, Rebecca. Max Brooks recently released a
by Gregory Anderson Love When I was writing my book on atonement, I read a lot of books about Jesus. Some claimed that when he
Jim Bratt is away today. We welcome Angie Mabry-Nauta. Thanks, Angie! One week after one of recent history’s most gruesome religious hate crimes, my head

This semester I’m teaching a course on Spiritual Formation. Most of the students are theology majors interested in youth ministry or worship arts, and it’s
Last summer, the president of my seminary asked me to lead a team of staff, faculty, and board members tasked with the lofty goal of
Maybe it’s this long winter intersecting with Lent. Maybe it’s just the personal season I’m in. Or maybe it’s the combination of bitter cold and lingering

Then I said, “That’s why I can’t call myself a human being anymore!” The conversation had been about impoverished parents selling their children into the

Over the weekend I heard Dr. Andrew Newberg speak; he’s a neuroscientist who researches the effects of religious experience on our brains. Newberg coined the