Significant Soil I don’t think I’m going to be able to plant a garden this year—which bums me out. But too much…Jennifer L. HolbergMay 23, 2012
Uncommon Grace Averagely scrumptious. Tolerably ravishing. Mediocrely luxurious. Do such phrases make sense you? How about “common grace.” A bit oxymoronic, perhaps?…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 22, 2012
Different birds under the same wings: More thoughts on merger (Part II) As I mentioned at the end of my last post, I have another post’s worth of wonderings about the CRC…Jessica BrattMay 21, 2012
Matthew 2.0 Thanks to my colleagues, this blog has been hitting its stride in the last two weeks (IMHO), day after day…Debra RienstraMay 19, 2012
Body Ascension Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you--that…Thomas GoodhartMay 17, 2012
Epitaph Just a week or so ago, Frederick Manfred would have celebrated his 100th birthday, had he lived. He didn't. He died…James C. SchaapMay 17, 2012
Recovering Civility. Confession I feel a bit awkward in writing this post. It is probably because I feel insufficient to be the…Jes KastMay 16, 2012
Coercion? Perhaps not all readers of "The Twelve" will be aware of it but in some circles within the Christian Reformed…Scott HoezeeMay 15, 2012
The death of the religious right Anyone but me notice the death of the religious right last week? Apparently, the religious right had started feeling poorly…Jeff MunroeMay 14, 2012
Charles Colson: Band-Aids for Cancer Charles Colson’s death last month prompted a chorus of praise from his evangelical supporters. Praise for his enduring conversion to…James BrattMay 11, 2012