Dr. Carmen Joy Imes

I write this on Maundy Thursday, as the ominous events of Good Friday begin to cast their long shadow over the controversial figure of Jesus...

In this series I've explored the unmet expectations of our Christmas celebrations as well as unmet expectations in the first Christma...

Journalism ethics is all the rage this week (literally), with a provocative TIME magazine cover on the topic of immigration. (With apolog...

I've written about heaven before, saying that we typically get it wrong, that it's not what you think. So what am I to make of a ma...

In the first two posts of this series, I've suggested that true joy comes when we face life honestly and cultivate gratitude for what...

                                                                     Photo: Carmen Imes One of the perks of living in Wheaton is the ...

Summer spells more time to read with my kids, which I love. We're so spoiled to live across the street from one of the best children...

I'm reading H. Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture for a class by that name with Dr. Daniel Treier that begins this morning. Niebuh...

We opened presents with my parents the day after Thanksgiving. The beautiful thing about gift-giving so early is that it has freed us to ant...

John Piper and I don't always see eye to eye . But I, like many others, have learned a lot from him, and I'm grateful for his minist...

…I believe in the holy catholic Church, The communion of saints, The forgiveness of sins, The resurrection of the body, And the li...

Here we are at the final week of Advent (leaves are not pictured in order). I have really enjoyed diving into these stories. Most days the...

We are, too. We did Zechariah and Elizabeth this evening, which means we're three days behind. The good news is that with this Advent Tr...

I'm reading a great book, and just came across a paragraph that captures so well the value of the Old Testament.  Christopher Wright, in...

The other day I was window shopping in Glen Ellyn with Emma and Easton.  It was after hours, and we had ridden the train there to eat a trea...

N.T. Wright R.T. France Richard Bauckham All three of these men are brilliant thinkers, clear communicators, and committed Christians.  ...

I've been meeting with some Jehovah's Witnesses off and on for about 17 months now.  We met regularly for 6 months and then took a b...

Last year at ETS I experienced a rapid succession of divine appointments for 3 days straight.  This year felt different because I did a lot ...