Transforming Church Conflict (Part 1)
Over the past fifteen years, I have served as a spiritual care coordinator (i.e., chaplain), an associate pastor, a seminary professor at two different institutions,
Over the past fifteen years, I have served as a spiritual care coordinator (i.e., chaplain), an associate pastor, a seminary professor at two different institutions,

Spring is taking a long time this year to get to West Michigan. Last week was extremely stormy here in Grand Rapids (and many other

You’re watching Jeopardy. The category is “Pastoral Conversations.” The answer is “A stick that smart men use to beat up people who disagree with them.”
Today’s guest post comes from Kate Davelaar. Kate is a minister of Word and Sacrament in the RCA and currently serves as a Chaplain at

Last night, thanks to the cleverness and curiosity of internet geeks, my husband and I were able to listen for about three hours to Boston
There’s just so much about what happened in Boston on Monday that’s going to happen again. Will people hate? Yes. For a dozen reasons or
Does what we believe make a difference? Or should what we believe make a difference? Or rather, how do we believe what we believe?
Once upon a time a blog began. Twelve different people would write about what it means to be Reformed, daily. Little did the writers know
It’s difficult for me to believe that it’s been now close to 8 years since I left my last congregation as pastor and weekly preacher.