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This morning I'm going to pull a play from the NPR and PBS play-book. You know, the maddening times you turn them on and you get the money drive asking you to call or log in and help fund programming? Don't worry, I'm not asking…

dif·fer·ence ˈdif(ə)rəns/ noun  1. a point or way in which people or things are not the same.   Yesterday, Mary spoke of the hopeful steps toward unity between the CRC and RCA that have come out of the joint synod the past few weeks. It's…

I've been glued to PBS most nights this week. I'm not obsessed with war. While I can't quite make the full jump to all out pacifism--I'm getting closer. I don't bleed red, white, and blue, although I do believe that American democracy is the best…

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:35 A former colleague once told me that Kuyperians are a people who inhabit the in-between spaces. We are neither "conservative" nor "liberal"—we don't believe the bible…

In my past life I was a high school baseball coach. I remember trying to teach 14-15 year old kids to pitch. Most of them would grab the ball and chuck it as hard they could, usually over throwing the catcher. If they had never…

One of my favorite classes to teach is a biblical studies course over Acts-Revelation. This spring has been one of those classes you actually don't want to end--it has honestly been a joy to teach. For the past two months we've wrestled through the book…

Yesterday I was listening to a conversation with a historian on the difference between the historical Jesus and the Jesus of faith. It was interesting, but I've heard it before. You know, the Jesus of faith being the result of a mossy, mythical, build up.…

And so she woke upWoke up from where she was lying stillSaid, "I gotta do somethingAbout where we're going" You gotta cry without weepingTalk without speakingScream without raising your voice You know I took the poisonFrom the poison streamThen I floated out of here I…

) Some might suggest that purpose of watching a film is to identify with the characters--to get caught up in the story. Sure, there are times when a director or writer wants us to loathe a character, usually in order to make some moral or…

Got a little soulThe world is a cold, cold place to beWant a little warmthBut who's going to save a little warmth for me We know the fire awaits unbelievers all of the sinners the sameGirl you and I will die unbelievers bound to the…