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When You Read a Good Book, It Reads You Back
There are lots of reasons to read books, and one of my favorites is the way a good one reflects light back into my own

Jason Arday, J. H. Bavinck, and the Myth of Meritocracy
Bavinck’s observation is striking because he highlights something Western Christians sometimes struggle to articulate: racial injustice cannot simply be reduced to class injustice or individual

Lessons on Life, Grief, Fear, and Truth from “The Lion King”
What have we run from in fear? We run from lies, lies that others have told us and lies that we tell ourselves. In our

What Have We Lost: Why the Church Must Do More Than Offer Prayer and Condolences After Another Life Is Taken
When a child is lost under violent, strange, disputed, or unexplained circumstances, the family does not receive the luxury of uncomplicated grief. They grieve while

Rest in a Low-Touch World
Rest in a low-touch world will require intention. Boundaries matter, but boundaries are not the whole story. A phone-free table is good, but the goal

Whatever Happened to Certainty?
We are not called to be certain so that our side wins denominational debates and culture wars. We are not called to be certain so

Lay Down Your Nets: On LGBTQ+ Inclusion and a Radical Gospel, the Only Kind Worth Believing
There’s just not much evidence that people form their ideas about LGBTQ+ people, about sexuality, gender, and gender expression, and about family and leadership and

White Privilege and White Liberals: The Anesthesia of Comfort, Status, and Moderation
I don’t want to reach the end of my life having been admired for being measured, careful, and safe. I want to have lived truthfully

Nursery Rhyme Racism: From “Roosevelt Park Rising”
Church is many different things, but at its core deep inside me, it still is a place where people dignify each other by respecting their

Meeting People Where They Are: What Eugene Callender’s Harlem Ministry Can Teach the Church Today
Callender was the first Black student to attend Westminster Theological Seminary and, in 1951, the first African American ordained by the Christian Reformed Church. From

The Fire of God (Part Two): The Sanctification of Jeremiah
Jeremiah’s examination of the depths of his heart invites us to respond with a similar self-examination. When I accept the invitation, when I slow down

The Fire of God: A World Dazzling and Bedazzling (Part One)
God was not immutable and self-contained: like fire, God, burned, flared forth, illuminated, and energized everything in the world. In the words of an ancient