When you’re young, it’s easy to confuse strength with dominance; when you’re older, you realize the feat of character it…
Chuck DeGroatMarch 1, 2021
She wrote to me exasperated, looking for some clarity.* It was two weeks ago or so, and her church staff…
Chuck DeGroatApril 2, 2020
Years ago, I heard Henri Nouwen on an old recording tell the story of his path from teaching in the…
Chuck DeGroatFebruary 27, 2020
I don’t know exactly how this dying will play out. I’m anxious about it. It impacts my longtime call, my…
Chuck DeGroatApril 6, 2019
God seems so good in this story,” she said. “So relaxed. So at ease. Patient. Probably sad, but so willing…
Chuck DeGroatMarch 9, 2019
When I started my first “official” pastoral role in the late 1990’s, I immediately hung a painting of Rembrandt’s Return…
Chuck DeGroatFebruary 9, 2019
My friends who are skeptics are cynical about Christianity these days. From our intramural fights to our political collusion on…
Chuck DeGroatJuly 10, 2018
by Chuck De Groat I’d written a piece for The Twelve some time ago and a friend dropped a text…
Chuck DeGroatMay 29, 2018
