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James Bratt

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What’s Being Lost?

Various Christian Reformed congregations are beginning their forced march toward denominational disaffiliation, and various individuals find themselves on the way out of a job or

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Johnson-Reed, Trump, and Us

Like Laura de Jong yesterday, I’m too rocked by this week’s Christian Reformed Synod to speak to it. Maybe next time. But for now, a

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James McBride

I love the books of James McBride. It started with The Good Lord Bird (2013), the umpteenth telling of the story of John Brown but

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The Run of History

Hello again, Ron: Here’s the third installment of my take on how people in the Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Church in America are

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Malaise

Laura de Jong may be ok with our beloved founder having loosened up on premature celebrations of Christmas, but I’m going to stick with Advent

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A Light in the Cavern of Idols

I’ve kept company with the Reformed Journal for fifty years. It began when I was a graduate student appreciating a touch of home amid my

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