Is counseling always the best option for personal or relationship troubles?
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I am frequently invited to sign a declaration on some topic of public concern.
Our teenage daughter says she is embarrassed to be a Christian.
Snowflakes are tiny works of art.
I have been working against poverty and hunger over the years.
Since I retired, I've found myself reminiscing more.
I believe it was missionary theologian Lesslie Newbigin who said that the incarnation—God coming in the flesh in Jesus—was God’s great missionary act.
In our senior retirement community there is a weekly vesper service.
In many parts of the world, the winter months can be very cold.
Over the last year my wife has become withdrawn. She does not appear to want to be with me...
There had been no symptoms.
One thing we have learned over the years—too often the hard way...
Bless your heart, preach it!
There isn’t really any way to prepare one’s heart for a horrific tragedy.
Back in the South African apartheid era, I helped organize anti-apartheid efforts in our local community in Michigan.
I appreciate your dedication to bringing the Word every Sunday.
I’ve always known that you can’t get cleaned up for church, so to speak;
Is it right to use funds gained through gambling for things of God’s kingdom?
A friend recently asked me, “Is Reformed theology for black people?”
In the recent high-profile cases of film studio executive Harvey Weinstein and other men in high-profile positions,
In my retirement I am pastoring a Presbyterian congregation.
The tone of my own encounters with North Koreans was quite different when I visited there six years ago.
Since doing justice involves systemic issues, it often enters the sphere of political laws and policies.