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A couple weeks ago, we noticed areas of our front lawn getting oddly floody. Why? It hadn’t been raining. Could it be…? Uh oh. Sure
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A couple weeks ago, we noticed areas of our front lawn getting oddly floody. Why? It hadn’t been raining. Could it be…? Uh oh. Sure
When you live near other people, trouble ensues. Thankfully, guest columnist Pious Petunia offers sage advice for this season’s neighborly dilemmas. Dear Pious Petunia: I
Midterm elections are well under way in the US. Since Michigan allows anyone to vote absentee, I’ve already fed my completed ballot into the friendly
Many thanks to fellow Twelver Tim Van Deelen for his generous shout-out to the Refugia Podcast, and especially for his account of episode 24 with
If you have ever muttered to yourself, “Kids these days! They have the attention spans of gnats!”, I am here to report that the kids
We had new carpeting installed at our house this week, and somehow this led to me scrubbing out the cupboard under the kitchen sink. What
Even while embroiled in another summer of extreme heat and drought all over the world, churches are all too often completely silent in response the
“There’s a tremendous amount of rot that’s in our agencies and institutions—Calvin University and Seminary. That needs to be cleaned out.” Those are the words
I finally watched the lovely film Coda, which won the 2022 Oscar for Best Picture. I enjoyed it fine. I appreciated the celebration of characters