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The Cost of Christian Cultural Warfare
Christian nationalist and culture-war ideologies offer what may sound like an appealing pathway forward. The call to “take back our country” and win the culture


How Ignoring Our Bodies is Harming Our Souls
My body is me. Any attempt to ignore and suppress this body-soul oneness is to cause harm, for it is to live in opposition to


The Sabbath Way: Time is Love
The Sabbath invites us to get clear about what our values are in relation to time, so that when we feel the tug between fast


Name(s), Faith, and Prayer
One night, as my grandfather lay there, body-quaking, he suddenly felt a warm sensation throughout his body. He felt drawn to the light, the same


A Star to Guide Us
What I remember most about Emese, though, was her insistence that our book club read the “greatest book” she’d ever read, The Little Prince. After


Cheating
Heartland Manor, as we like to say, is a grab bag. That’s not very elegant, but it’s what the crew who work there like to


Welcome to Green Street
This summer, the summer of 1962, was different. This was the summer of the n-word. It was spoken often, not only on Green Street, but


What Pope Francis Wanted to Change
Beneath all he modeled and accomplished, Francis was trying to change the culture of the Vatican, and of the complex structures, institutions, and patterns of


A (Truly)Confessional Church?
When the debate over human sexuality in the CRC picked up and Heidelberg Catechism Question and Answer 108 provided a mechanism to single out and


How Big a Jerk Will Your Reading of the Bible Allow You to Be?
Hermeneutics, the science and art of biblical interpretation, is just that, a science and art. It requires deep thought, and there is a lot of


Moving Forward Looking Backward
I couldn’t make sense of the signage. The further I walked up the trail, the further I was from the end. Then I realized that


Standing at the Intersection, Seated at the Lord’s Table
The table signifies many things, including a rhythm, a routine, and the promise that this is the bread of life and the cup of salvation.