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Jennifer L. Holberg

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Small Shrines

So, March was 749 days long. I’m not sure if I’m ready for the month billed by T.S. Eliot as “the cruelest.” The picture painted

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Mid-winter Spring

In Four Quartets, T.S. Eliot observes that “midwinter spring is its own season.” What a perfect encapsulation of Michigan weather! I think about that line

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Rejoice Again, But Slowly

I started my First Year Composition course off a little differently this spring. Instead of plunging directly into all things thesis-driven, I decided to spend

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Figuring Among the Instruments

When my dear friend and frequent collaborator Jane Zwart recommends something, I listen. Particularly when it comes to poetry–because, as an accomplished poet herself, she

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Inner Souls

In the summer of 2016, I took an inelegant tumble down a flight of stairs and broke my foot. Badly. So badly, in fact, that

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A Different Annunciation

This Advent, I was delighted when my assignment as the “big group” storyteller at Sunday School was the Annunciation. It’s long been a favorite—indeed, it’s

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“Eternal Comfort and Good Hope”

“Oh, tidings of comfort and joy” goes the old Christmas carol. An interesting pairing of words. Joy–sure. That seems obvious: I’ve just had two staff

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Dear Reader

Over the last week, I’ve been at various events around Grand Rapids and Holland and have had the odd, but very delightful, experience of people

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The Measure of Vocation

We talk a good deal about vocation at Calvin University. It’s a big part of our first-year programing. We have a four-year innovative program called

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