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Jennifer L. Holberg

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Reading Resolutions

I don’t know about accuracy here, but this morning I came across this claim: “Only 28 books sold more than 500,000 copies in the US

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For plea and gift and sign

It’s the penultimate Monday of 2023–and next Monday doesn’t really count as it is Christmas Day. So, the year is basically over, Advent has but

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To Read is to Love

Recently, some lovely friends threw a party for my new book, Nourishing Narratives. As part of the event, I had a conversation with Michael Wildschut,

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A Birthday Wish

It’s midpoint in the Calvin semester, and students (and let’s be honest, the faculty, too) are dragging themselves towards fall break. The weather is colder.

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Costly Compost

I always relish the turn to autumn each year–it has remained my favorite season unabated through half a century. And yet, as Steve’s piece yesterday

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River-rafting with St. Patrick

It’s the beginning of a new school year–my 51st consecutive year of beginning school since I first toddled off to preschool in the mists of

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Reminders

This week I’m on vacation, hopefully being mindful in the way articulated by the poem I shared here last time. And next week is the

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