When the Human Sexuality Report (HSR) was adopted by the ruling body of the Christian Reformed Church in North America…

Our experience of feeling torn often comes when we are “on the way” from one place to another.

Longing for something to be that is not, is not the sign of weak faith, but on the contrary, quite…

Reading blood in the snow is very nearly a disciplinary imperative although it’s imprecise. Blood means predator activity.

We're now a week into Lent. But I'm still thinking on last week's confluence of Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday.…

Pete was raised in smalltown Iowa by a Lutheran father and a Mennonite mother.

Recently while digging through boxes, I found a decorative cross that belonged to my grandmother. I’m not sure if she…

Listen when I say that it’s okay to want compassion and kindness for yourself.

Nothing actually changes about who or how we are, but during Lent, with the mindset that we “strap on,” our…