It's been a while since I've shared a prayer from my very talented friend and colleague, Jane Zwart. It seemed…

Why does “confessional status” feel more like a power play than a statement of core Christian identity? To give life-long,…

Dear Reader,This past January I was gifted with a three week mini-sabbatical, made possible by a generous clergy revitalization grant…

The stories I hear as a pastor are different from the stories I hear as a new member at the…

Sometimes, in early March, after the long gray of February, when the snowstorms still dangle their frequent menace before our…

A chimpanzee named Mahale gave birth to a son in the middle of last November. Kucheza was born via c-section…

Last summer I made quite a few trips between Kitchener and Grand Haven, a five-hour drive. About two hours in…

We become people with answers instead of people with the Spirit, people who end conversations instead of start them.  

The MDiv senior students in my two sections of the Capstone Integrative Seminar are gearing up to take their Oral…

I was standing hip deep in wild flowers on a kind of holy ground, amidst the ruins of ancient Armenian…