I remember the day so clearly. I left a staff meeting during which our district announced plans to cut $2…

This week three international news stories caught my attention with a common denominator that affects the lives of millions of…

“Why don’t they just move?” After the second hurricane in a few weeks, it’s hard not to ask this question…

This morning I propose that the increasing fatalism within the Christian community, the resignation that the world is as it…

Last Friday I had the honor of speaking at “Sharply into the Wind,” the program marking Cornelis van der Kooi’s…

What if we had a different kind of conversation? That's what I've been wondering. I watched a good bit of…

My friend Frederick Dale Bruner loves teaching the big narratives in John's Gospel.   When he and I used to do…

As an alumnus of Michigan State University, I am deeply upset by the appalling abuse of Larry Nassar. When people…

Isaiah 58 Fall is such a conflicted season for me. Growing up in Iowa and living in agricultural communities in…

A few weeks ago my sister texted me and told me to turn on NPR immediately. Terry Gross was interviewing…