The church paved a way for me to discover my purpose and build a meaningful life. Christ followers everywhere must continue that work.

The CRC has been inviting people from five or six classes at a time to gather in major cities and share stories of the challenges, opportunities, and Spirit-led transformation they’re seeing in their local communities.

To Charlie Kirk, Mike Huckabee, and every Christian taught to fear my people and my city—come and see.

Modern American evangelicalism often implicitly (and at times explicitly) suggests the church should play an all-encompassing role in the life of the Christian.

If the past few years taught us anything, it’s that a church needs durable forces to counter its own worst tendencies.

We live in a time that encourages anything and everything but reflection.

Jesus told us how to handle our differences, and it’s not chaotic or complicated.

Overwhelm is so pervasive in our world as a whole, including within the church.

While it contains deep wisdom on life, the book is easily passed over because of the unsavory negativity.

Naturally, we want to showcase our strength. But Paul reminds the whole church that the good news resonates best when we are weak, needy, vulnerable, and unpolished.

Eighty years ago, as a little boy, I experienced the sadness and the sin of a church split.

How should all these amazing discoveries be interpreted? How did the universe get this way? And why is there something rather than nothing

If Christianity is all about always having the right or correct answers, why does Jesus regularly teach in such a convoluted way?

The end of her life came fast, less than a year from the start of signs of things for which we did not know they were signs.

For many Christians, this transition feels jarring; it can feel like a move from light into shadows.

Effective pastors in times like these must feel adequately equipped for the complex and nuanced job of imparting peace, unity and intelligent civic participation to their congregations.

Being a mediocre parent, I pick my battles. Trying to model the values of faith and the covenant community is No. 1. Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation helped me identify No. 2: technology.

The rise of a generation that can’t or doesn’t read books matters for the church. After all, if people can’t or don’t read books, how will they read the Bible?

I realized we could only see this beauty, we could only comprehend this space, we could only receive the light, if we waited, and if we paid attention.

Early on in ministry I came out to my church as gay and committed to celibacy.

The Scripture readings at the end of the liturgical year are the biblical equivalent of dystopian science fiction.

I was relieved it was over. But still wondering what this result meant for me, our family, our faith, and our country.

The physical demands of running were intense, but I soon realized that the mental aspect was equally challenging.