A few months ago, I read four books in five days.  I relished this seasonal opportunity (over Christmas) to do a lot of reading and reflecting.  As I promised in my initial Medenblog, I will share some of the gleanings from these readings...

Calvin Theological Seminary’s new distance-learning Master of Divinity Degree is accomplishing what it was intended to do. Enrollment remains strong among people who are living elsewhere and feel the call to ministry and yet are unable to study in Grand Rapids at the Christian Reformed Church’s seminary in Rapids, Mich.

Broken. Newtown, Connecticut is broken. Families are broken. Sandy Hook Elementary School is broken. We are broken. In this Advent Season, the plans of many for a simple celebration of Christmas have been drastically altered. This past Sunday, I sat in a church where songs were sung and prayers were prayed and words were spoken in an attempt to frame tragedy and provide perspective...

The Christian’s Library Press recently announced its publication of the first English translation of Herman Bavinck’s Het Christelijk Huisgezin, 2nd ed. (1912): The Christian Family. Originally written in Dutch by a major Reformed theologian, this English translation explains the origins of marriage and the family then describes how sin has affected human relationships.