RDC 10A. Just Love

We are joined by two authors who have written a book called Just Love, Wayne Jacobsen of California and Tobie Vander Westhuizen of South Africa.  After we recorded the conversation, Wayne told me, “I love that you can engage in conversation without having to agree on...

158. I Tricked You into Reading This

I’m delighted here to introduce you to a friend of mine, Hannah Lane. Hannah is a 2026 Masters of Biblical Studies graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. She is a gifted writer and a thoughtful Christian who will soon begin work on a PhD at the...

157. The Full Enjoying of God

When friends gather around a table, the conversation can be boisterous and full of laughter. Other times may call for quiet as a burden of sadness is shared around that same table.  For some of us, this is a time for the latter. But in such times, we need the...

156. Image and Grace vs. Evil

I’ve said that what I like to do here is to “think sideways.” That’s a weird idea, but what I mean is that I want to think about issues affecting pastors and others not from an automatic embrace of traditional answers, nor from a knee jerk rejection of those answers....

RDC 9B. Trauma-Informed Ministry

Welcome back to this Rainy Day Conversation around Greatheart’s Table with Dr. Elizabeth Pennock, the the Director of the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. Dr. Pennock specializes in...