Editorials Witness to wounds After nearly a year of COVID-19 – of stay-at-home orders, quarantines, physical distancing and sheltering in place – I keep returning to..
Editorials Teaching and learning For all of us, and perhaps especially for families with children, the past months of pandemic and political challenges have been difficult...
Editorials Spiritual friendship Spiritual direction saved my ministry! In the early 1990s, I “hit the wall” and entered a program in spiritual direction through Oasis..
Editorials Covenant community New Year’s resolutions come and go, but for Christians – especially Reformed Christians – the notion of covenant is our most enduring..
Commentary A lament in the shadow of the Capitol We lament, O God, the tragic display of violence at the U.S. Capitol this week, and pray that the horror of it..
Commentary A purple church prayer after violence on Capitol Hill On Epiphany, January 6, a day rightly dedicated to the discovery of the Christ-child, our national identity, trust and conscience were simultaneously..
Commentary O Lord, as the events of the world cause my strength to waiver, remind me that you are my strength Dear God as we celebrate this Epiphany week, when Christ was made manifest as your gift to all the world, we pray..
Commentary Prayers of the people: Let our stumbling be an occasion for humility Eternally loving Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we bow before you our maker and our only redeemer. Have mercy..
Commentary A prayer for the nation’s way forward God of justice, love and hope, So many Americans, and people around the world, have hearts that are saddened and minds that..
Commentary A prayer for the nation and the church: Lord, plead our cause for justice O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will..