What’s in a name? Something very important, it seems.

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My mom is refusing to follow through with the medical treatment the doctor is recommending. She knows this will likely shorten her life, yet she remains stubborn. How can I get her to see her life’s value to us and especially to her grandkids?

The inner critic never quits. It has home field advantage on the terrain of sadness.

The apostle Paul did not pen those words during his annual holidays, but from a prison cell in Rome.

This might be news to some, but the salmon we find in the Midwest, including the Great Lakes, are not native.

Let’s challenge this common understanding of Paul’s gospel and do some fundamental rebuilding of the “Romans Road.”

I wonder about this named-yet-unknown quilt creator. Why did she craft this special quilt for our son?

I know big technology companies keep track of our every move online, but what about privacy among family members and friends online?

Many think Jesus’ cleansing of the temple was a display of harsh anger and violence. However, Mark’s account shows otherwise.

My Bible and I were searched for illegal substances and subsequently released when nothing was found.

Singing together is an essential activity when we gather for worship, lifting the spirit and nourishing the soul. But sometimes the sacred shows up elsewhere.

No one can simply write a letter to synod unless they have standing to do so and have followed the prescribed procedures for submitting material for synod’s agenda.

What I’m describing is a moment I never could see coming.

Reformed Christians need to look more deeply at these texts in particular and at Scripture as a whole.

My ancestors were connected to the land in many ways, which connected them to the Creator.

It’s a good thing that when God created heat, he also created rules for heat to follow.

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Assuming God did predestine only a select few to be saved, why would he bother creating people he did not elect for salvation?

“There’s something about love that builds up and is creative,” the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. declared in a sermon. “There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive.”

I have loved animals my whole life, so working in an animal hospital seemed like an obvious choice for a career.

Sometimes we find it easy to overlook God.