June 2017

Q How do I discern whether God is calling me to be an elder?

I am troubled that the framework set forth in “Rape Culture and Christian Colleges”

This excellent multigenerational novel about a family of talented musicians

Q Isn’t telling people they are sinners in need of repentance an act of love?

Margaret Maguire is 82 years old and in failing health.

When I was young and sitting in church we used to sing, Faith of Our Fathers

This memoir by well-known Japanese Canadian author Joy Kogawa takes the reader on a journey that spans a remarkable life.

“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”

In the First World War, three soldiers who are part of a fictional Canadian platoon,

David Hoekema and I served on the same synodical committee on War and Peace.

In 1952, 18-year-old Rachel returned to her childhood home in Kenya

I went through a divorce while I was a member of a CRC

This historical novel by Dutch author Simone van der Vlugt follows Catrin, a driven and talented young widow

It’s a place of ice and fire, filled with mighty giants, clever dwarfs, and magical animals,

Lauren, her husband, Sam, and their 13-year-old son, Ryan, have been living in Nepal as missionaries for two years.

Need an idea for summer fun?

Jade is a junior at an affluent, private, mostly white high school.

Does Jesus still heal today?

Julia Marks is extremely short compared to other children in her middle school.

Stranger is about the universal and fierce love that comes with motherhood.

Here is a poem that I learned at an evangelical “Bible camp”

The Great Wall of China and California’s manmade Salton Sea are both iterations of a deeply embedded human need to build empires,

Since 2010, Canadian poet and editor D.S. Martin has been curating a blog called “The Kingdom Poets,”

The book is entitled Triangle, but it is square in shape. A coincidence?

Ernie Johnson Jr. is a well-known and talented sportscaster, but that role doesn’t define his life.

The guests kept coming, and I kept mixing. 

In 1945, an Army private named Louis Till was arrested by military police and court-martialed.