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I knew I was definitely going to write about Oklahoma today. If there is one place that I think of when I think “childhood,” it
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I knew I was definitely going to write about Oklahoma today. If there is one place that I think of when I think “childhood,” it
As Jessica Bratt blogged on Monday, her father (and my colleague) Ken Bratt had his retirement reception that afternoon. I just want to note here

Spring is taking a long time this year to get to West Michigan. Last week was extremely stormy here in Grand Rapids (and many other

These last few days on The 12 it seems as if we’re in the middle of something of an intentional series here, thinking through various
I thought it would be fitting as we move deeper and deeper into this Holy Week to devote today’s blog to a beautiful poem by

A couple of weeks ago, a non-Christian friend put an item on Facebook that made me pause. The post was from a comedian, riffing on
Last time, I talked here about growing up in the Army chapel system, so I hope you’ll indulge a second blog in a row about
And so another Lenten season begins. Ash Wednesday was not part of my tradition growing up—the imposition of ashes was a little too “high” for

I reported in my last post about the flurry of activities that is occurring these days around the work of the writer Frederick Buechner. This