Why is this night different than all other nights? Why is that on all other nights during the year we eat either bread or matzo, but on this night we eat only matzo? Why is it that on all other nights we eat all kinds of herbs, but on this night we eat only bitter…

In the liturgical year, tomorrow is the day known as “Lazarus Saturday“. The story of the resurrection of Lazarus can be found here. Of all the supernatural reports found in the gospels, of water-to-wine and blind eyes seeing, this is the episode that gives me an intimate look at the kind of person Jesus was.…

From the top of my reading stack: When I saw Chosen: An Autobiography sitting at the top of the “new releases” shelf at the Trinity Bookstore, I grabbed it last week during the store’s 40% off clearance sale. (See note about why the store had 40% off new releases, below.) Chosen is the life story…

This series of posts entitled “The Coming Evangelical Collapse” by one of my favorite internet teachers, Michael Spencer, a.k.a. The Internet Monk, has gotten a LOT of coverage from Christian media as well as being picked up by Drudge and the Christian Science Monitor. (If you haven’t read these posts yet, please grab yourself a…

“Steps To Peace With God”, a variation of the “Four Spiritual Laws” tract so popular in the 1970’s, was laying on the dining room table when 18 year-old Bill picked it up and began thumbing through it. His mom had recently started attending a neighborhood Bible study, and she’d occasionally drop a tract or two…

and now…there is time to sit on a swing next to a little one and listen for the sound of what comes next. I’ll let you know what I hear. Transition in progress. More to come. Photo courtesy of my talented son Jacob Van Loon, photographer and illustrator extraordinare.