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Debra Rienstra

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Further Up and Further In

I was talking to a writer friend the other day who told me she had just finished a manuscript about a lovely older gentleman who,

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The Long Slog

          “So how long is Pentecost season supposed to last?” I asked my worship-wonk husband the other day.      “Well, Pentecost isn’t really a

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Desire and its Discontents

We are approaching the Season 5 finale of the AMC series Mad Men in a couple weeks, and although some fans have been dissatisfied with

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Matthew 2.0

Thanks to my colleagues, this blog has been hitting its stride in the last two weeks (IMHO), day after day taking on challenging, serious topics

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The Resurrection of the Mind

During worship services this Easter season when we say the Apostle’s Creed together, I naturally attend especially to the words focusing on the Easter event.

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Knowing Stuff

APRIL 2012: AS WE SEE IT by Debra Rienstra I admit there’s something romantic about woodstoves and typewriters and horse-drawn carriages and other technologies of

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