Blog New Shoes and Other Shiny Things I thought she was dead. Then I read an article in the New York Times a few weeks ago that…Tom BoogaartAugust 6, 2019
Blog Searching for the Fountain of Life An ongoing conversation I have a friend who successfully manages his own stock portfolio and is constantly encouraging me to…Tom BoogaartJuly 23, 2019
Blog Caucasians Only Sitting at my seminary desk and reviewing the material for an upcoming lecture, I heard my cell phone buzzing and…Tom BoogaartJune 18, 2019
Blog A Worshipful End to History All of us are aware of the biblical phrase, “they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into…Tom BoogaartJanuary 12, 2019
Blog Denial of Death When I was still a relatively young professor, I played on the seminary basketball team. In the second game of…Tom BoogaartOctober 24, 2018
Blog Invaders at the Border: the Man in the Yellow Shirt The man wore a blazing-yellow shirt open at his chest. With thumbs hooked into the pockets of his black pants,…Tom BoogaartAugust 28, 2018
Blog Invaders at the Border A few years ago, a woman from West Michigan, Rachel, traveled to southern Mexico in order to teach music and…Tom BoogaartJuly 30, 2018
Blog I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag By Tom Boogaart I am coming to the end of a long teaching career at Western Theological Seminary and beginning…Tom BoogaartJune 21, 2018
Blog Falling Into the Earth By Tom Boogaart In chapter 12 of the Gospel of John, Jesus announces, “The hour has come...” (23), and with these…Tom BoogaartFebruary 19, 2018
Blog The Vulnerable God by Tom Boogaart In late November my wife Judy and I took our three young granddaughters on a walk, and…Tom BoogaartDecember 31, 2017