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Debra Rienstra

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A Memoir in Psalms

“Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.” — Psalm 84:5 Combine Bono, Eugene Peterson, and the Psalms,

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That Explains It

People say the church is going to heck in a handbasket and now I have proof. An anonymous inside source provided me with the bulletin

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A Lenten Update

“Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at

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The Festival Geek Recommends

My colleague Jennifer Holberg got a head start on me last November by recommending some authors who will be featured at the Calvin Festival of

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Hamilton and Our Story

I first found out about the new Broadway musical Hamilton during a car ride across Michigan last November. The family was packed in the minivan

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Doing Something Else

O, reason not the need! Our basest beggars Are in the poorest things superfluous. Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man’s life is cheap

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Rejected Christmas Carols

If the joy of Christmas ever breaks through the frenzy of event-going and present-wrangling and (for me) end-of-semester grading, it happens through music. This year,

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