Day: August 1, 2011

Journeys Spiritual and Global

As Wesley Granberg-Michaelson concludes his seventeen-year tenure as general secretary of the Reformed Church in America, he has given to his friends around the world

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Better Together

Could a deep affinity for words hinder our appreciation of film? It is tempting to privilege text over images. But Calvin College English professor Roy

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Be All That You Can Be

We want our kids to be all that they can be. We read descriptions of “tiger moms,” dictating their child’s every move to gain maximum

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Life, and Death: a memoir

The house where we lived at that time is long gone, as is the tiny kitchen where I stood, phone in hand, listening. The call

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My Only Comfort

I have seen this first question of the Heidelberg Catechism together with its majestic answer framed on the wall of many homes. What a way

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Thanks and farewell to scott

Frequent readers of Perspectives know that this journal appears in your mailboxes and is found on your web browser ten times a year due to

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Scenes of Miracle

I’ve had a great treat this summer: every Wednesday, I’ve gotten to spend the morning with a dear friend’s 20-month old child. The official reason

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Pushing Ourselves Forward

Compared to the beloved Heidelberg Catechism, feted in these pages and still recited on death beds, the Belgic Confession is a rather unremarkable Reformed document.

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