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James Bratt

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Shine, Perishing Republic

Memorial Day deserves a poem. Not the civil religious strains that once caught me at the altar rail at a small-town Episcopal church, receiving the

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Honor and Humility

I had the privilege of being invited to speak to the honors convocation at my college this year. Hope it’s of interest to a broader

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The Geography of Faith

I teach broad surveys of religious history, so I have to pay a lot of attention to the frame and flow of the narrative. Unless

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“Nothing Gold Can Stay”

Cast up on the shores of survival after virtually non-stop teaching since the first week of January, I head off on spring break tomorrow. Going

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The Reformed Journal

Pardon me for being late with my post today, but I wanted to wait for the event that’s the subject of my reflections. This afternoon

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