Room to reconsider
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Room to reconsider

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Editor’s Note: This article is based on a zoom conversation between Rev. Cecil van Niejenhuis, retired co-director of the office of Pastor Church Resources for the Christian Reformed Church and Virginia and Neil Lettinga, who work as a team in specialized transitional ministry. The Lettingas have worked with at least 10 church councils in their…

‘Help us, O God, that we might help each other’
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‘Help us, O God, that we might help each other’

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When we aren’t sure, God, help us be calm; when information comes from all sides, correct and not, help us to discern…

Name-calling?

Name-calling?

I flinch at hearing “evangelical” used as short-hand for theologically sloppy, mega-church oriented worship and wince at hearing “Reformed” used to mean abstract doctrinal complexity. But some of my best friends do one or the other. And all of them now probably feel cross at me. I will admit that there is some truth in the negative associations ascribed to each label, yet bristle at those who focus on the worst features. If we insist on using these labels in the most critical and least charitable forms, surely we will shred ourselves to death.