We must stop thinking that depression is merely physical in origin and cure. It’s not. It never was. We are bodies and souls, and we must care for both bodies and souls comprehensively and well.    Will you forgive me a short foray into my particular field of study? You see, my undergraduate degree is in psychology,... Continue Reading

We got dozens of the expected responses like, “Does your wife play piano?” But we got many more that shocked us. By this point, you would think that I couldn’t be shocked how some churches treat a pastor or staff member.   It began as a conversation at Church Answers where we have 2,000 church... Continue Reading

Darnell says the idea of a platonic relationship being “weird” or “strange” has to do with our discomfort at the fact that relationships are living things that can change and have various meanings for different people.   April Lexi Lee and Renee Wong have been best friends since they were 12. After supporting each other through... Continue Reading

Although today’s opinion allows CSS to continue operating without compromising its faith, that likely won’t be the case for long. Soon, the Court will have to answer if a city can force a religious agency to violate its beliefs if no secular exceptions were provided.    Catholic Social Services’ (CSS) 9-0 victory before the Supreme Court today... Continue Reading

Many current and former faculty members were outraged and saddened by the elimination of programs so closely linked to Calvin’s historical mission and reputation.   After reviewing recommendations from the Academic Program Review, university officials have decided to cut five major programs, seven minors and its in-house facilities management, according to a faculty-wide email from University... Continue Reading

After losing their motion to dismiss, Attorney General Keith Ellison and Walz decided to settle the case, meaning current and future emergency orders can no longer discriminate against churches on capacity limits.   For the first time since invoking emergency orders, Gov. Tim Walz lost a court battle challenging his emergency powers, specifically his orders... Continue Reading

“God’s command may require courage and come with opposition.” Those words probably prepared me for some of the opposition I received. But I was nineteen and naive, I couldn’t have imagined what God had prepared for me. Within days after I wrote those words, I learned that my closest friends wanted nothing to do with me... Continue Reading

It’s alarming that our culture is more outraged by good police officers who shoot and injure black criminals than they are outraged by (black) criminals who kill good police officers. And it’s also alarming that our culture is also much more outraged by what police officers did to Blake than what Blake allegedly did to... Continue Reading

There are a few resources we have in this life that are incredibly scarce. Money is one, and time is another. Money comes and goes, but time always goes and always seems to be in slim supply. Yet time and again, you gave me time. You sat down with me and discussed creation over lunch.... Continue Reading

This heavenly-granted earthly spine is a rare commodity. My guess is we will see two groups on the rise in the near future. We will have the rise of the spineless running parallel with the rise of the backbone from below. Believers in the Courageously Crucified One should want nothing to do with either. So,... Continue Reading