The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. The warm sanctuary was quieter than normal.…

I’m too old for Kanye and Lady Gaga and too young for Johnny Mathis and Perry Como.  My idea of…

Two weeks ago I took my kids to see Rise of the Guardians - a story about Jack Frost, Santa,…

I was going to write in sorrow or outrage or scolding critique about the shootings at Newtown, Connecticut a week…

In one week, one day, one moment, so much can change; so much can be lost. And we are left…

James Vanden Bosch, professor of English at Calvin College is substituting today for Jennifer Holberg.  Thanks, Jim! “We had fed…

“Theologians are poets who cannot write poetry.” I believe it was Stanley Hauerwas I once heard say this. It feeds…

 I’m struggling to find words today. I’m tempted to just re-post my piece “Herod’s Long Shadow” from a year ago. And…

I would like to be writing a review of the new movie The Hobbit, but I haven’t seen it yet.…