Blog Thank You, Rachel A little over a month ago, Rachel Held Evans passed away after a brief illness. After her death, there was…Allison Vander BroekJune 15, 2019
Blog Sitting in a Cave with St. Francis For two weeks at the end of May six students and I walked the path of St. Francis from Assisi…Jason LiefJune 14, 2019
Blog A Progressive Civil Religion? It was an unusual Easter sermon, to say the least. At least unusual for this well-trained CRC boy. We were…James BrattJune 13, 2019
Blog Unsatisfied Note: If a film in which two socially awkward men make up paddleball games, do jigsaw puzzles, watch kung-fu movies,…Heidi S. De JongeJune 12, 2019
Blog Successful? The megachurch phenomenon is fraught with challenges and questions. Increasingly we are also seeing not just one huge congregation that…Scott HoezeeJune 11, 2019
Blog Waltzing with the Trinity Yesterday was Pentecost, meaning that this coming Sunday is known as Trinity Sunday. I used to make fun of Trinity…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJune 10, 2019
Blog Pentecost is the Gospel For most of my life I was a Baptist; specifically a Missionary Baptist in the African American tradition of what…Eric WashingtonJune 9, 2019
Blog Let’s Make Ordinary Time Extraordinary Again Good news, bad news. The good news is that tomorrow is Pentecost, so we get to sing Spirit-centric songs and…Debra RienstraJune 8, 2019
Blog All about D-day I didn't know him--couldn't have. He was killed four years before I was born. For years I wouldn't have known…James C. SchaapJune 7, 2019
Blog We are the same person “We are the same person,” is the thing I find myself saying when I feel a particular affinity to someone.…Kate KooymanJune 6, 2019