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Jennifer L. Holberg

Dear Sir

Standing in again for Holberg: Sarina Gruver Moore, who is also probably standing in the need of prayer. For no particular reason, you understand. Just

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In Transit

  Sarina Gruver Moore is a visiting assistant professor of English at Calvin College. She’s filling in this summer for Jennifer Holberg, who is “working

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Nouns and Verbs

Today’s blog will be my last until September, so I’m pleased to introduce to you my replacement for the summer: Sarina Gruver Moore.  With an

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Grateful Teaching

Yesterday was Teacher Appreciation Day (don’t worry—you can keep celebrating since the whole week is Teacher Appreciation Week).  And if you’re a teacher, there’s lot

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Thrilled With Love

Consider today’s blog a bit of a continuation of Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell’s from yesterday on Christ’s “descent to the dead.”  Frederick Buechner has argued “that we

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Crazy Beats

It’s already 9 days into April, or as the literati like to call it, National Poetry Month.  I hope you’ve been celebrating appropriately—or even inappropriately,

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Common Grace and Race

Jennifer L. Holberg is on spring break this week. In her spot today is a guest post from Daniel José Camacho. Daniel is a seminarian hailing

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Based on a True Story

Last November I wrote here about a fabulous movie that told the little-known story of a number of the best back-up singers in the music

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Home and Away

Twice today, something popped up in my facebook feed that centered on the idea of home. One (which quoted Maya Angelou) focused on the inescapable

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