Easter Above the Arctic Circle

by Nicholas Reid

Pope Francis has called us to minister to those on the margins—whether the spiritual margins, the geographical margins, or both.  Continue Reading »

10 Apr 2024

Easter and the Eclipse

by Raymond J. de Souza

The eclipse points to Christ's triumph over evil.  Continue Reading »

8 Apr 2024

We Were There When They Crucified the Lord

by Hans Boersma

Remember Jesus’s suffering for us, for it is when we remember God, that God remembers us. Continue Reading »

29 Mar 2024

Holy Week in Seville

by John Julius Reel

The Holy Spirit moves in the streets of Seville during Holy Week.  Continue Reading »

28 Mar 2024

Sharing Immortality

by Hans Boersma

Easter is good news: Our bodies too will be raised immortal, incorruptible—joined together with our souls in paradisal glory. Continue Reading »

10 Apr 2023

The Strangeness of the Resurrection

by John Wilson

Can anything we ever learn about history, about the universe, about ourselves compare with that reality in its sheer strangeness and wonderful improbability? He is risen; he is risen indeed.  Continue Reading »

7 Apr 2023

Transfigured by the Word

by Ephraim Radner

Toward the end of his short life, Anton Chekhov penned one of his shortest stories, “The Student.” Debates over Chekhov’s own faith continue; however, no one doubts that at the root of his soul sprang a human compassion that was without peer. He knew how to “weep with those who weep” (Rom. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2022

Peace That Is Real

by Hans Boersma

Here on earth, we may be tempted to believe the lie that the only reality is division and hatred, destruction and death. But the resurrection of Jesus puts us back in the Garden of Eden. Continue Reading »

3 May 2022

On the Threshold: Part III

by Patricia Snow

Now it was Lent, and we were just forty days from Easter. Heavy rains and rising temperatures washed the snow away, and on Ash Wednesday, when I drove to the church, the sky was crowded with clouds seemingly blowing on different winds—heavy cumulus clouds, and behind and between them lighter . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2022

The Meaning of a Kiss

by Hans Boersma

Judas’s kiss was deeply painful, for his kiss was a betrayal, not just of a symbol, not just of a friend, but of the Kiss himself. Judas used a kiss to betray his Kiss. Continue Reading »

11 Apr 2022