Category Archives: Religious
Yes, You Can!
Today is the first Sunday of Advent – the first day of a new church year. Many people are familiar with Advent wreaths used in church services, but some of you might not have considered the possibility of using an … Continue reading
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Inactive
Below you’ll find my article for our December church newsletter (the Courant). For those of you unfamiliar with the Reformed Church, let me explain: we have 3 categories of members (1) Confessing (Active) Members, (2) Baptized Members, and (3) Inactive … Continue reading
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Membership, a Horrible Word for an Important Concept
Below is a copy of the article I wrote for our monthly newsletter… Membership, a Horrible Word for an Important Concept Let me be clear: I do not like the term “membership” when used in reference to churches. Of course, … Continue reading
Lifestyle or Label?
Below is a copy of the article I wrote for our monthly newsletter. Thought I’d pass it on…. Lifestyle or Label? Dallas Willard, one of the foremost authors on discipleship, opens the first chapter of his book entitled The Great … Continue reading
Synod Update #1
Synod is now in to full swing and I had a few moments so I thought I’d touch bases and give a quick update. The seminarian seminar (which I facilitate) started a day and a half before synod, during which … Continue reading
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Seven Themes I Hope to Leave Behind
Yesterday was my last Sunday at Dunningville. Wow, it seems like such a short sentence marking the end of 10 years of ministry here. It has been an interesting month, as I’ve worked on wrapping up my time at Dunningville … Continue reading
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Confessional or not, Celebrate with me!
Early this morning, official news came from the RCA and those “in the know” that 32 of the RCA’s 46 Classes have affirmatively voted to confirm the General Synod’s 2009 decision to make the Belhar Confession the RCA’s 4th theological … Continue reading
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Major Changes!!
We have been at Dunningville for almost a decade and, although it has been a good place to live and minister, we have increasingly come to believe that it was time to move. After months of discussion, thought, prayer, and … Continue reading
“President’s” Address to Zeeland Classis
I have, for almost a year, been the Vice-President/Acting-President of Zeeland Classis (the regional denominational assembly that Dunningville belongs to). One of the privileges of that position is the opportunity to address the Classis at the March meeting with a … Continue reading
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A Thought on Dirt
A few years ago I wrote a short little essay on dirt and several people have asked me about it recently. So, since I haven’t posted it here before, I thought I’d do so (minimally edited from the 2003 version). … Continue reading
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