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

We all want God’s help, but something deeper in our hearts must happen to us to be able to want God’s hold.

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

Bible scholars say the phrase “knowing good and evil” in Genesis 3 is a Jewish merism. It is an idiomatic Hebrew way of saying, “the potential to unlimited knowledge.”

I suppose it’s natural to desire a tremendous purpose.

King Solomon observed, recorded, and reported what he saw in creation. One of my favorite ways to do this is through nature journaling.

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

Our church is doing more intergenerational ministry events. Don’t people learn best with their own age groups?

Dan Veeneman’s news writing has shown him acts of community service that deepen his faith and encourage reflection: ‘how can I make a difference?’

As high school was ending, I remember the same question being on everybody’s lips. I heard it so often I rehearsed a bundle of canned answers.

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.

Is Jesus’ admonition “In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you” (Matt. 7:12) an example of moral relativism?

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

I struggle with my kids’ constant fighting. How can I stop the competition so our home can find some peace?

Loss is a painful part of life, and we all experience it at times—sometimes even when it comes to faith.

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.

In Advent we long for the light, at Christmas we revel in it, and throughout Epiphany we see by it.

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.

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If I’m busy preparing for the worst, I forfeit the present and the possibilities within it.

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