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By Bill White Dinah had no voice. An entire chapter of scripture tells her story, but not one word is…

Since we have entered the Age of Resistance, it’s important to keep one’s protest muscles well-toned. With all the marching,…

The Shape of Water won the Oscar for best film last February. It tells the story of a mute woman…

The room is quiet when I enter. A circle of chairs around a plain table, flowers and a few books…

I read Kate Bowler’s memoir, Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I’ve Loved, in two sittings last week.…

This past Saturday I was pretty busy, participating in the Commencement for Calvin Theological Seminary late-morning and then attending the…

History can be downright depressing at times. And no, I’m not talking about reading final exams. In the book Killers…

By Bill White Today, Pentecost Sunday, we often say we are celebrating the birth of the church. But as we…

By James Bratt When I was a kid, I never got the big deal about Pentecost. For one, it didn’t…

There's something vintage Old Testament about the story, something decidedly like myth. But it happened; and just a bit north…