James Calvin Schaap James Calvin Schaap (jschaap@dordt.edu) is a writer and professor of English at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa.
Church Profile From an English Lesson to a Church: Lao Unity Church, Sioux City Iowa By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew The Burden of the Crucifix: What the Sweetbrier Pastor did instead of writing Lenten sermons By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew Something Low-Key for Christmas: A program in trouble gets a sugar boost By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew Communion Circle: Why Tracy planned not to take communion one Sunday By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew Prayer Partners: How a Pastor's "Innovative Ideas" Led One Couple to Skip Church By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew Wedding Wonders: How could she tell her daughter that life would be so much worse--and so much better--than her wedding? By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew A Grandmother's Prayer: Jan knew what her children really needed for Christmas By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew The Forgotten Ministry: What Betty Andreas learned about a busy schedule and God's peace By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew Madelyn Ringler's Fiery Exit: Why two hundred Bic lighters never made it to our Pentecost service By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew Remodelling: How tearing down the church brought comfort to Carl Westenberg By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew Wisdom from Afar: God comes to humankind in ways that God's own By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew The Business of the Sign: How far would Calvary Church go to sell the gospel? By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew A Staged Testimony: God uses a proud actor to announce the humble birth By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew Getting Our Needs Met: The way the church's music program was moving made Keith's blood boil By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew First Profession: How a disappointing pageant and a killer mink helped Angela understand Christmas By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew Operation Plymouth: Bethel's 'live Thanksgiving' wasn't quite what anyone expected By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew Ven Will I Zing?': What makes music special--and who decides? By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew For a Dime I'd Quit This Committee: Another war over worship By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew Occurrences at Delaney Street: Was the Spirit speaking on WOBR By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew He's a Marked Man: A teacher's confrontation with the meaning of Ash Wednesday By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew Jonah and the Ninevites: Even a whale can't compete with a swooping bat By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew The Psychedelic Deacon: May we allow all our teens to take part in worship? By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew Deception Pass: The story behind pastor Martin's emphasis on meaningful baptisms By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew New Age Loon: The Maundy Thursday service takes First Church by storm By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew The Advent of Iron John: Frank Knol urges Willowhaven church to focus on a ministry to men By James Calvin Schaap
View from the Pew Mincemeat: The worship committee finds the live nativity idea a hard one to swallow By James Calvin Schaap
