Offering prayers to the King

Here it is: the final set of questions and answers from my year-long attempt to offer reflections on the Heidelberg Catechism in Continue reading →

No other gods

Into the final stretch: Here are more reflections on the Heidelberg Catechism in honor of its 450th anniversary. (For some Continue reading →

Responding to received righteousness

This year marks the 450th anniversary of the publication of the Heidelberg Catechism, which remains one of the most significant Continue reading →

Nourished in body and soul at the table of the Lord

I’m posting this on Maundy Thursday, a day when Christians around the world gather to sit together at the Lord’s Continue reading →

Why aren’t you Lutheran?

“So why aren’t you a Lutheran?” That was the question asked to a candidate being examined for an interim pastoral Continue reading →

A window into worship

I’m in the midst of preaching through 1 Peter right now, and while preparing for this week’s sermon came across Continue reading →

What’s the problem?

[Note: a shorter version of this article also appears in the March 2013 newsletter of Bethel Presbyterian Church. Yeah, I’m Continue reading →

It never gets old

Some phrases in Scripture just seem to grab hold of you and never let go. A recent one for me Continue reading →