“When children expect something it is impossible to give only part of oneself to them.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, quoted in Eberhard Bethge, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Theologian,
Proverbs echo in the wind tunnel of history. We cannot help but hear reverberations of past wisdom in present-day prose. In the Manipulus Florum (“handful
We Americans seem lately to be turning nearly every aspect of life into a competition in which somebody must win and somebody must lose. Many
When I wrote my most recent statement on how faith informs my work in language and literature, I chose this prompt from Calvin College’s faculty
When Israel asked for a king, the prophet Samuel warned them that the pomp and power of kingship would come at a high cost. A
Americans of a certain age can think back to the days of their childhood and recall how “Cold War science” was built into their political
A couple of months ago, philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff made big news when he delivered a speech at Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan,
“You just can’t understand.” It frustrated me when my daughter would tell me, “You just don’t get it. You can’t get it.” I remember the
Editor’s note: The following is adapted from a chapel talk at Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa. A salesman driving through rural Iowa has car trouble.
