Redeeming the dance
A half a century ago, I was a kid in a Sunday school class taught by a man who’d taught those classes longer, maybe, than
James C. Schaap
December 16, 2011
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A half a century ago, I was a kid in a Sunday school class taught by a man who’d taught those classes longer, maybe, than
I’ll call her “Leila.” That’s not her real name, but given possible security repercussion we’ll leave it at that. She was the first person to
Throughout the season of Advent the church is invited to reflect on hope, peace, joy, and love. The third week of Advent – joy –
In the midst of this Advent Season when radio stations and mall Muzak are willing to cut loose with songs that celebrate Jesus as the
We light the third advent candle – the curiously pink candle – for the shepherds and the quality of joy. Friends from Europe were visiting
To startle man, God becomes for an instant a blasphemer; one might almost say that God becomes for an instant an atheist. He unrolls before
It’s pretty common to hear people, not least Protestants, talk about what they might give up for Lent. Some of them even follow through and
The mad rush to Christmas has begun. The signs are all around us: blaring Christmas carols, colorful blinking lights, trees and mistletoe, cookies galore, and
I didn’t believe in Santa Claus as a child, and I raised my own children without any focus or emphasis upon Santa either. We weren’t
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