As the time for Tenebrae (Latin “darkness”) services has come again, one thinks of the shrinking circle of light in the Passion narrative...

As we Canadians observe the American presidential election in various ratios of bemusement and horror, one position seems to stick out as...

As we approach the start of a new academic year, I’ve returned to the Maritimes after a summer at home in North Vancouver to take up my...

We Canadians and Americans have just emerged from the holiday weekend celebrating our respective countries’ nativities and histories....

Reading in Matthew 14 this morning, I was impressed afresh at the Apostle Peter’s audacity. I wonder if I, on the verge of 2016, will...

A friend writes: I’m a full time pastor, but teach a couple of courses at small Christian colleges/seminaries. How do I begin to think...

National Public Radio, among many other sources, features news of hundreds of American pastors attending workshops to learn how better to...

Just back from New York City. Had never visited it, having visited so many, many US cities over the years. San Diego, Los Angeles, San...

The Epistle to the Philippians begins with Paul identifying himself as a “slave of Messiah Jesus.” And, at the time, he might have felt...

Yesterday was the big celebration of the astonishing gift of “another life,” as they say in video games. How will you spend it?

Our friends over at Cardus are working with other fine institutions to present what looks to be an extraordinary conference this autumn....

Here are a few Proverbs, taken from a half-dozen similar ones: 12:27 The lazy do not roast their game, but the diligent obtain precious...

I thank God I don’t have to thank “God-in-general,” or some alternative deity. Yes, the God of the Bible is called “God” because, in the...

In my book, Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World, I devote a chapter to the theology of culture of C. S. Lewis. In...

It’s September 1 and the beginning of the real new year. December 31/January 1 is a good mid-year pause to party and/or ponder. But...

I don’t get enough attention. You might think I do, but I don’t. Do you? I’ll bet you don’t, either. Some people get more attention than...

A few posts ago, I enjoyed writing to you about Steve Bell’s grandmother as described in a story by Steve and a song by Carolyn Arends,...

Life here, now, is about life here, now, and also about the life here, then. We Christians live in the hope of the Second Coming of...

Here in Upland, Indiana, I’ve been told by reliable people at Taylor University that many, many of their young women come to college with...