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Heidi S. De Jonge

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The Arms of Love

My dear friend, Jenna, is a pastor in West Michigan. This Easter Sunday morning, she told me the story of one of her parishioners, who

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Disarming Love

It was Palm Sunday evening in the De Jonge house. My husband had had a rough afternoon – navigating online portals in order to send

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Survival of the Kindest

A chimpanzee named Mahale gave birth to a son in the middle of last November. Kucheza was born via c-section at the Sedgwick County Zoo

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Many Ways

I have five episodes left to watch in the eleventh and final season of The Walking Dead. I watch this show not because I like

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Hard Pressed

Several months ago, as I was approaching the end of fourteen years of full-time pastoring, a couple of friends asked me how I was doing.

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What if Everything Changes?

My favourite morning dog-walking path can be treacherous. In the winter it’s treacherous for me because of ice and snow. But in the summer it’s

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Something’s Gotta Give

The other morning, while he was making his lunch for the day, my husband mumbled something I couldn’t quite hear. “What was that, Love?” He

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A Call Away

“There’s never a call away from something without a call to something else.” I’ve heard variations on this theme throughout my years of ministry. I’m

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