Columns

We followed the coffin, and then I sat in one of the chairs next to the coffin.

Looking forward, the road is precarious. Many signs indicate we are a denomination in poor health.

Is Earth sacred? While we may have an obligation to be stewards of creation, is there a danger for Christians of falling into nature worship given some of the language used by those who refer to nature as “sacred”?

As a pro-life activist my whole adult life, I never thought I’d live to see the end of Roe v. Wade, if that’s what this is.

When we are surveyed, we feel like a number about to be made into a statistic, and often we are.

Idolatry is indeed a threat—a temptation that Christians ought to resist through the Spirit’s leading.

God’s love for people who have been marginalized, discarded, and taken advantage of reverberates throughout the Bible.

Of course Black lives matter, and it is important in the church of Jesus, in the historical and present context of North America, to say so unequivocally.

How can God ask Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, even as a test of obedience? Isn't that cruel and a case of child abuse?

What do we do when the pain and struggle are ongoing, and the happy ending doesn’t appear?

I was a child of Dutch immigrants in the 1950s, and my adult children are now asking more details about their grandparents, of whom they all have wonderful impressions.

We will always fight over something unless we face and resolve our underlying issues. As far as I can tell, we have collectively ignored them.

They did not choose to leave their land. They were forced to. Violence pushed them out, and a search for survival pulled them forward.

He pointed to a chair and told me he’d have my watch fixed in a couple minutes if I wanted to wait.

Today, when opinion is taken to be fact and fact taken as opinion, there seems to be a wide array of approaches as to how to deal with change.

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Our Reformed tradition emphasizes a lot of head knowledge when it comes to growing in our faith.

There is a well-known sculpture, called The End of the Trail, that exemplifies this theme for Native Americans and Indigenous people.

I hope God’s people will spend more time applying godly wisdom to the issues of our day rather than labeling people.

With less sunlight to feed a tree, its leaves are not really needed any more and fall to the ground. But the leaves’ role does not end there.

Human language—in all its variety and vitality—is a glorious reflection of our being made in the image of a God who created the world through his word, a God who is the Word.

I wasn’t only uncomfortable. I was blessed and challenged.

The better we know someone, the more we might be able to form our prayers and our support around what will bless them.