Encouragement is one way God gives strength to his weary people.

The Bible doesn’t talk about hospitality like it’s a gift that some people have and others don’t, and if you don’t have it, you’re exempt from practicing it.

The world does not need more Christians who blend in so completely that there is no visible difference.

There’s a chair in leadership that gets overlooked. It’s not the seat a pastor holds, or the chair people imagine when they think of influence or authority.

Indignation about one thing quickly bleeds over into ranting about another, creating a downward funnel that swiftly thrusts its victims into “utter darkness.”

We have let our fast-paced, sound-bite society take away our greatest source of comfort and strength. Busyness dulls our desire and our understanding of God’s Word.

To discern what is true and right requires knowing God, not just knowing about God.

It began with nothing in particular. A man settled into his favorite chair one evening, tired from a long day, and reached for his phone the way he always did.

As an Indigenous man, I received my traditional name later in life, because of the disconnect from my own people due to being part of the “Sixties Scoop” generation

Apparently, in back-to-back Sunday sermons, I had left the authors of those two emails with the exact opposite impression.

My church was one of the Christian Reformed churches that stopped offering a formal catechism class for young people. It’s been at least 25 years.

Members of the same churches are judging each other’s characters based on their disagreements. Sometimes they refuse to talk to one another while singing songs of unity.

As a denomination, we’re on the slope of a decades-long demographic decline. But we must not lose sight of who is in our corner.

I believe evangelism is one of the most important areas we need to grow as we think about God’s desired future for our denomination and for our local churches.

Why do so many capable members take a pass when they are invited to let their names stand to serve? And more importantly, what can we do about it?

Liturgy was not a barrier to hospitality. Rather, it was an embodiment of it.

John could have emphasized glory or transcendence. Instead, he shows us Jesus is present through embodied actions

The Sacred Assembly still calls the church to embody justice, to walk alongside Indigenous communities, and uphold the dignity and life of all people.

Artificial intelligence is pervasive in our daily lives, in ways that we are not even aware of.

One of the most scenic pictures of holy love in the gospels takes place after the resurrection not in a crowded city or amid a dramatic miracle, but on a quiet shoreline.

Being people of integrity can be hard. The apostle Paul calls this virtue painful.

The story was very well written—and yet, I kept circling back to the words “much like you and me.”

An authentic person says, “This is who I am. Accept or reject me, but don’t expect me to change for you.” If this is what we mean, we are in for trouble.