In our series, “Taking the Long View,” we interview senior leaders in the Reformed and Presbyterian community, asking them to reflect on their experiences and

Not long ago a well-known, highly accomplished author wrote an “op-ed”-type article in the New York Times Book Review.  Surveying the publishing landscape, this author

What is competition?  We talk about healthy competition, ensuring competition, and being a competitive person, all of which have positive connotations.  Americans, in general, see

Watching the preparations for the recent Iraqi War gave me a disturbing feeling of deja vu. The Bush Administration issued ever more dire warnings about

Listen in on a conversation between Jesus and a crowd of persistent people gathered on the shores on the Sea of Galilee. It is the

We have a TV in our home. It rarely gets used. So I can’t claim to be an expert on television programming. However, when I

During the great missionary era of the nineteenth century, many servants of God from different denominations went over land and seas to far off places

As a Christian, I habitually pray not to be led into temptation and to be delivered from evil. These are times in which those prayers