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Jane Plantinga Pauw

Burundi Bound

We were able to track down several close relatives of our church members. They were overjoyed to receive recent pictures of their loved ones.

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More Than a Mosaic

A newly-arrived family from Burundi came to church: two parents and nine children, fresh from a refugee camp in Tanzania.

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Let Me Count the Ways

l was overcome with love for my beautiful, quirky congregation— a small, urban, blue-collar Presbyterian church in south Seattle.

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On Playing in Church

Last week I waxed nostalgic about sneaking into Calvin Church as a child to “play house”. This week, on my weekly Monday walk with my

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Flooded with Memories

I recently returned to Grand Rapids, my hometown, to visit my family. I love walking the streets of my childhood when I visit. I walk

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