Blog The Gospel in the Checkout Lane You have the groceries in your cart. You look over all the lines and try to guess which will be…David HoekemaJanuary 28, 2023
Blog For the Love of Dog Christians talk a lot about how others help us in our walk with God. It is good to be reminded…David HoekemaJanuary 9, 2023
Blog Did Manna Have a Spiky Shell? Chestnuts like manna are an utterly unexpected gift of grace, to be treasured and received with thanks.David HoekemaOctober 31, 2022
Blog Don’t Forget to Tell the Bees I am not sure the royal bees would have stopped making honey, or emigrated en masse, had Mr. Chappell failed…David HoekemaSeptember 19, 2022
Blog Open and Closed The doors were closed for this discussion and vote. Synod’s action opens wide, however, another door: an exit door from…David HoekemaJune 18, 2022
Blog Fourteen Pauses and Prayers on the Border We gathered in Nogales, Sonora for a Lenten procession. About 150 in all, people fleeing from violence in southern Mexico…David HoekemaApril 4, 2022
Blog Welcoming the Stranger Border guards and police cooperate with churches and local communities to provide food, lodging, and medical care.David HoekemaMarch 10, 2022
Blog Of Drones and Depravity Disclosures about the use of unmanned drone aircraft by the US military offer a striking example of how seemingly benign…David HoekemaFebruary 3, 2022
Blog Pestilence and Persuasion When we face a seemingly intractable challenge, where do we turn? To the Bible first of all, as faithful Christians,…David HoekemaOctober 2, 2021
Blog The Peaches of Paradise I just don’t buy the apple. Not because apples need cooler winters than those of the Middle East. We don’t have…David HoekemaAugust 25, 2021