We’re now a week into Lent. But I’m still thinking on last week’s confluence of Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday. I’ll admit I found all

I’ve written here before about my long years never decorating for Christmas–I was busy, I travel every Christmas, it seemed like too much work for

I don’t know about accuracy here, but this morning I came across this claim: “Only 28 books sold more than 500,000 copies in the US

It’s the penultimate Monday of 2023–and next Monday doesn’t really count as it is Christmas Day. So, the year is basically over, Advent has but

Recently, some lovely friends threw a party for my new book, Nourishing Narratives. As part of the event, I had a conversation with Michael Wildschut,

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1 Isn’t it significant that scripture ties

It’s midpoint in the Calvin semester, and students (and let’s be honest, the faculty, too) are dragging themselves towards fall break. The weather is colder.

I always relish the turn to autumn each year–it has remained my favorite season unabated through half a century. And yet, as Steve’s piece yesterday

It’s the beginning of a new school year–my 51st consecutive year of beginning school since I first toddled off to preschool in the mists of