Life lessons from the neighborhood kids.

The church is in the business of including people. Our language should reflect that.

A well-functioning family thrives on open, honest discussion.

Cultivating awareness of God’s presence in the hustle and bustle of life.

A robust theology of creation shapes our mission in the world.

What’s your favorite kind of fruit?

Salvation and concern for the poor is all of one piece.

We need to know the past to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

A friend at work asked how to perform a certain kind of operation on the company computer without the possibility of its being traced back to him. Proud that I had recently discovered how, I showed him. Later I learned that what he did was in violation of company policy. Am I an accomplice in his wrongdoing?

There are more than 7 billion people living on earth.

It wasn’t the Valentine’s Day I would have chosen.

Pastors do not prepare their sermons in isolation.

“Reformedness” is a communal way of being together.

Just look at you! You have one amazing body. You have 200 bones, 600 muscles, millions of glands, billions of nerves, trillions of cells, and a whole lot more. They all work together perfectly—automatically! Surely someone greater than you put you together.

Let’s encourage more women to contribute to denominational decision-making.