Julius Ted Medenblik

2018

Commencement Address

This past August, Geoff Vandermolen, Dave Beelen and I took a number of students to the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit.

Leadership Learnings

This past August, Geoff Vandermolen, Dave Beelen and I took a number of students to the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit.

Preparation

An open suitcase brings this question -- “What do I need to bring for this trip?”

Stand Firm. Whole Hearts.

Trust God.

President Medenblik challenged and encouraged the graduates as they moved on to the next phase of their ministry.

October 2019 Medenblog

60 Years, One Day at a Time

President Medenblik reflects on parents' 60th anniversary, giving thanks for their wisdom and faith.

Creating a Memory

The Medenblog

Faith, Politics, and the First Commandment

In this heightened political climate, how do the ten commandments help us understand what is most important.

Running in Mud

Life Lessons from the Farm

I grew up alongside the muddy Mississippi River on a family farm in Fulton, Illinois. Spring time would bring rain showers and rain showers ...

Medenblog: Ministering in a Pandemic

Have you ever heard of a “Last Lecture?” At many educational institutions, this is an opportunity for a retiring faculty member to give tha...

Medenblog: 25 years and counting!

This past year, I celebrated 25 years of ordained ministry in the Christian Reformed Church in North America. It was 1995. That year also ...

Medenblog: Pandemic Reflections

It has been a long year. It has been a difficult year. When we first began this journey of facing COVID-19, there were hopes that churches...

Medenblog: Give them a break!

One of the privileges of serving as President of Calvin Theological Seminary is that you meet with a lot of pastors and a lot of congregatio...

Nearer, Still Nearer - Lent 2022

Have you had the privilege of watching a funeral service recently? I have. One of the benefits that has come through COVID is the use of liv...

The Most Important Day of Synod

As a leader in the Christian Reformed Church in North America, I have been asked by a number of people, “What is going to happen at Synod?” ...