The Table
Medenblog: Give them a break!
One of the privileges of serving as President of Calvin Theological Seminary is that you meet with a lot of pastors and a lot of congregatio...
Read MoreCory Willson and Matthew Kaemingk on Work and Worship --
The gap between Sunday and Monday often feels wider than it looks on a calendar. Many Christians struggle to connect their worship with thei...
Read MoreDistinguished Alumni Award - Reverend John DeVries
The witness and testimony of Rev. John DeVries will be remembered as someone who went to India and kept going back to India and brought othe...
Read MoreDistinguished Alumni Award - Reverend Emmanuel Bileya
Ministry is not easy. I do hope you will always remember the witness and testimony of Rev. Bileya who with courage and conviction committed ...
Read MoreDistinguished Alumni Award - Rev. Stanley Jim
Remember the witness and testimony of Rev. Stanley Jim who in the midst of a pandemic ravaging the Navajo people still centered his ministry...
Read MoreMedenblog: Pandemic Reflections
It has been a long year. It has been a difficult year. When we first began this journey of facing COVID-19, there were hopes that churches...
Read MoreThe Forum: Loving Your Neighbor - Calvin Prison Ministry
I do not have a lot of experience with prisons. I’ve never been arrested – so long as you don’t count a little event when I was 21. It was m...
Read MoreMedenblog: 25 years and counting!
This past year, I celebrated 25 years of ordained ministry in the Christian Reformed Church in North America. It was 1995. That year also ...
Read MoreMedenblog: Ministering in a Pandemic
Have you ever heard of a “Last Lecture?” At many educational institutions, this is an opportunity for a retiring faculty member to give tha...
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