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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

Confessions of a Former Pro-Lifer: I Missed the Mark
Here is the prophetic truth that must be spoken: A cause that abandons compassion for punishment and control while demonizing others will lose its soul.

Honest Patriots: Loving Countries Full of Contradictions, 2
We asked a few Canadian and US citizens to briefly share a patriotic memory, time or, experience when they felt proud of and pleased with

Honest Patriots: Loving Countries Full of Contradictions, 1
We asked a few Canadian and US citizens to briefly share a patriotic memory, time or, experience when they felt proud of and pleased with

Communion is not the Same as Agreement
We remain at the table not because we have resolved every difference, but because we trust that God is not finished with any of us.

A Church Worth Keeping
As far as the denomination is concerned, these churches fly below the radar. This is not always a bad thing, especially when it comes to

The Reason for Doubt
Is doubt something to be accepted, then, as an uncomfortable part of the human condition? Or, is it a malady beyond our control that slips

A Personal Rememberance of Professor Fred Johnson
Fred gave his heart to everyone—his students in Holland and Muskegon, family, friends, voters. It’s hard to absorb the tragedy of someone who gave away

Terrence Malick: Then and Soon
Readers of Job know these questions (38: 4, 7) compose part of God’s response (such as it is) to Job’s queries about his profuse personal