1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (797+ words) I had ambitious plans for my summer research. My list was long, and I intended to conquer it. Instead, I spent the first weeks chasing something I couldn't even see. Near the end of last summer, I stumbled onto some…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (346+ words) After a snowy winter and cold spring, summer has finally arrived in Boston, and it feels like life couldn't be better. Come to think of it, it's hard to think of the last time the city felt this alive. Is…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (635+ words) Here I go again, comparing two synods: the 219th General Synod of the Reformed Church in America and the Synod 2026 of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. For the full reports, see www. rca. org and www. thebanner. org. I…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (482+ words) If your algorithm fairies are the same as mine, your feed has also likely been filled this past week with news coming out of the Southern Baptist Convention's annual gathering. "The Truth and Unity Amendment" " a statement not to affirm…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (438+ words) I'm not certain where I first borrowed the idea. I only know it wasn't original to me." I used it in sermons a couple times. Probably in a blog post, too. Whenever I was facing some intractable problem, something so…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (87+ words) Which left me wondering, what am I doing here anyway? I would discover the answer to that question was "learning." I was the designated trainer/teacher during most of my time working in Red Mesa. In actuality, I was the…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago  (342+ words) Maybe it isn't getting enough sunlight? We'd better cut down the trees over there to get rid of the afternoon shade." This drought is a real problem. Time to install a sprinkler system." The p H of the soil is…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (724+ words) The next time I call someone a "bird brain," it will be a compliment. "You bird brain!" used to be a common insult when someone did something foolish. It makes sense, right? Birds obviously have small brains. Like your childhood…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (939+ words) What would Abraham Kuyper say about dynamic pricing and $30, 000 tickets? The men's World Cup is upon us, beginning this Thursday. If you've got someone in your life who will be yapping about it incessantly for the next six weeks, or…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (547+ words) I've long been intrigued by coincidences between personal and public history. Take my birthday'please! 9/11, a date on which nothing good has ever happened in American history. Maybe it was fated. I was born in 1949 under a rising Red star, midway…...