As a preacher, I felt a bit awkward walking into Calgary’s Victoria Park CrossFit gym that morning.
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Back in my roaring twenties, I used to volunteer with something called the Committee for Contact with the Government (CCG).
During a rally for Facebook users last month, Mark Zuckerberg laid out his dreams for the future of his social media behemoth.
If I had to write a newspaper headline for Synod 2017 it would read “Tectonic fault lines in culture tear at Western Civilization.
Once a year in the Netherlands, joggers in the park stop running for two minutes.
Here is a poem that I learned at an evangelical “Bible camp”
David Hoekema and I served on the same synodical committee on War and Peace.
I got to thinking about the profound meaning of mission.
a student asked me whether I am in favor of “big government or small government.”
Growing up in evangelicalism, I often heard preachers talk about “the time of God’s patience.”
I was nodding along enthusiastically from the first page in of James K. A. Smith’s new book,
I have been involved with life issues since my parents stuffed me into a dress shirt and tie,
- February 13, 2017| |
Shortly after the election, my friend sent me a note: “Would you be willing to go with me to the Women’s March
On October 13 Nicholas Wolterstorff offered his voice in favor of same-sex marriage
For a couple of months my wife, Susie, and I felt undeniably drawn to the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and the “Water Protectors” attempts to reclaim land.
As the American political season heats up like an August day in Phoenix, I notice more and more mention of God by political candidates and their surrogates.
The story of Naaman in 2 Kings 5 is one of the most delightful, masterful, and intriguing in the Old Testament.
As I write this, Mother’s Day is coming up.
We are in the middle of a debate in the CRC about same-sex activity and marriage
I have noticed recently that there are fewer funerals.