In “Beyond Election Madness” (August 2008), Mike Hogeterp attempts a political commentary on justice that can speak to the en

Everything I know about church planting I learned from my father.

SHOULDN'T WE TELL THE TRUTH EVERYWHERE, EVEN IN CHURCH—es

Rev. Jake Eppinga has been with the Lord for some months now.

I am dying. Of cancer. This past Christmas was my last. Spring always has been my favorite season.

When I asked our four graduates how parents should handle anxieties when sending children off to college, they responded, “Well, yo

An eyesore jumble,
a rat’s nest of disorder.
Help!

Culture

Q Because I work long hours and travel for work, I’m away from home a lot.

Come to a space that you choose to be your place of solitude—at least for the span of a day.

Is the Belhar Marxist?

Brian Polet in "Marxism Comes to the CRC?" (June 2008) regards statements in the Belhar Confessi

Health

Q Is there any merit in discontinuing handshakes in church to prevent infections?

Truth in Palestine

Your June 2008 article “CRC Leaders Visit Palestine” gives a glimpse of what is happening in the I

Something that has long puzzled me is the Christian Reformed Church’s relationship with its chaplains.

Rev. Ole was pastor of the local Norwegian Lutheran Church, and Pastor Sven was minister of the Swedish Covenant Church across the road.

Our family went camping every summer. It was fun, healthy, and cheap.

We played church. We even played wedding. I don’t think we ever played funeral. Should children attend the latter?

I GREW UP in the Christian Reformed Church and attended Christian schools that espoused a Reformed outlook.

How do you feel about squash?

I think it’s disgusting. It’s mushy, too orange, and it smells funny.

My bookshelves contain numerous volumes about contemplative life and spirituality—books on the desert fathers, on famous or obscure

Hearing a radio preacher recently, I took note of his prayer to God to send a revival to our land.

Something’s wrong with our honeybees. Millions of them have disappeared.

Calling/Mission

Q Is it ever possible to be unloving in our evangelism?

It was too beautiful a day for something to die. But it did. There was nothing I could do about it.