One Lord, One Faith
And so another Lenten season begins. Ash Wednesday was not part of my tradition growing up—the imposition of ashes was a little too “high” for
And so another Lenten season begins. Ash Wednesday was not part of my tradition growing up—the imposition of ashes was a little too “high” for
“It all comes down to hermeneutics!” It was a seminary prof, many years ago, who uttered those words. I had probably heard the word “hermeneutics”
Good morning. Happy Monday. Happy busy, lots-to-do, didn’t-get-enough-done-this-weekend-or-enough-rest-either kind of morning. Welcome to another brief interval between sunrise and sunset. If you’re anything like me
Thanks to Jes for her thoughtful post earlier this week on cloudy places in Luke’s Transfiguration story. To further prepare for Sunday, here’s a meditation
When my master’s program was over, I wasn’t enamored with graduate school, and I rather missed the high-maintenance life of a high school teacher. My
I was having a bad afternoon. One day last week while running errands, doing visits, and culminating in some long put-off grocery shopping it seemed

While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. (Luke 9:34) Photo by Jim

Two weeks ago I was privileged to sit in on a consultation on preaching hosted by my colleagues at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.
If you read Jennifer Holberg’s entry last week you know that Jennifer and I were privileged to spend Saturday, January 26th at the Buechner Institute