Blog Paterno’s Millstone: A Wake-Up Call for Churches, Communities, Schools I began my day yesterday talking about pastoral care in the midst of grief and loss with twenty-nine seminary students.…Theresa LatiniNovember 10, 2011
Blog “Our” Novelist: Marilynne Robinson? Or Saul Bellow? As an "immigrant" to the Reformed tradition, I have often found that some of the "natives" in the tradition resonate…James K.A SmithNovember 9, 2011
Blog The Path I was staying in a hotel on one of those ubiquitous suburban strips—big box stores, gas stations, car lots, the…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellNovember 8, 2011
Blog Invitation InvitationMary OliverOh do you have timeto lingerfor just a little whileout of your busyand very important dayfor the goldfinchesthat have…Jessica BrattNovember 7, 2011
Blog Redemption Fantasies A girl can’t spend every minute thinking deep thoughts and reading classic literature, so on occasion I flop on the…Debra RienstraNovember 5, 2011
Blog Recall Ten years ago maybe, my in-laws, then in their eighties, told us that they had simply mentioned to the pastor, as…James C. SchaapNovember 4, 2011
Blog Entering the Story of the Saints They came from places called Sekitsch and Feketitsch, Werbass and Torscha—villages, towns, and cities in the Batschka and Banat. If…Thomas GoodhartNovember 4, 2011
Blog Halloween: The Edge of Glory? I’ve got a confession: I love Halloween Halloween invites us to imagine who we want to be and dress up…Jes KastNovember 3, 2011
Blog Setting Eternity If you have been paying even moderate attention to the media of late, then you know the huge amount of…Scott HoezeeNovember 1, 2011
Blog Do Calvinists Believe in Luck? I spent a day with the legendary basketball coach John Wooden once. He was 93-years-old at the time. Yes, I…Jeff MunroeOctober 31, 2011