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Debra Rienstra

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Deep Practice

Through random book serendipity, I came across the 2009 book The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle, and I’ve been reading about “talent hotbeds.” Coyle wanted

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We’re Watching You

I’m sure you’ve heard the news about the primary results in Virginia’s Seventh Congressional District, in which Tea Party upstart Dave Brat beat Republican House

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Small Things

Since he moved there in November I have visited my dad in the rest home every week, usually on Sunday afternoons. As my mom and

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Advice Season

My fellow academics sometimes complain about having to attend commencement ceremonies every spring, but I don’t mind sitting through them. I appreciate the opportunity to

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Look for the Helpers

“Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen.” (John 20:25) Joseph of Arimathea appears in all four

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Noah: An Author Interview

I’ve been reading a lot of author interviews lately to prepare for Calvin’s Festival of Faith and Writing. So when I went to see the

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Communion of Dust

At church my family always sits on the side over by the musicians. Church-going people fall into habits like that, sometimes for no particular reason.

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