
Angels on the Edge
Two ethereal beings make their way slowly along a lonely beach on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. One is carrying a stick over their

Two ethereal beings make their way slowly along a lonely beach on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. One is carrying a stick over their

“There’s a tremendous amount of rot that’s in our agencies and institutions—Calvin University and Seminary. That needs to be cleaned out.” Those are the words

In a vast, blazingly bright atrium, crowds of church angels mill about, carrying tote bags emblazoned with the AngelPAC logo. A huge banner draped across

Retirement comes in stages that begin, as I’m starting to understand, not with the last day of one’s job but the first. Two years ago,

A well-informed colleague just told me that more than 200 congregations may soon leave the Reformed Church in America (RCA). That’s a fifth of our

It’s jarring to read a public appeal by a pastor saying it’s a “necessity” for congregations to leave the Reformed Church in America, bolstered with

Soon this blog will be celebrating its tenth anniversary—on the eve of Reformation Day, naturally. You can expect some hoopla fitting to that august occasion,

This is the last of three days of reflections and reports from delegates to the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America, which adjourned

The General Synod of the Reformed Church in America, meeting in Tucson, Arizona, adjourned on Tuesday. This week — yesterday, today, and tomorrow — we