I’m just not a very strong leader, I recently told a mentor when discussing a new project I was embarking upon with a group of trusted friends. It feels more like we are walking together—leading each other. Do you know what I mean? She nodded and cocked her head to one side. You are a servant-leader, Laura, she said. You lead by giving. And thus, you...

Just last week, our church was filled with over a hundred children for vacation Bible school. The kids played games and made crafts and learned Bible stories. But my favorite part of VBS is always the music. The hip curriculum my church uses has just the right combination of contemporary Christian songs and old hymns. The kids dance and twirl and sing at...

Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) left a rich and expansive legacy to this world, including the founding of a political party, a university, and his service as prime minister to the Netherlands from 1901 to 1905.  Perhaps his greatest legacy, however, is his continued impact on the Christian faith through his dedication to and expansion of the doctrine of...

When our eldest son was five years old he underwent the first of a series of surgeries to help correct chronic hearing loss. A simple surgery—one that is very common today—but a first for us. I remember sitting anxiously in the waiting room, praying earnestly nothing would go wrong. So many things can that first time under anesthesia. I was a nervous...