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Kate Kooyman

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A space to be known

The first blogpost I ever wrote for the Reformed Journal blog was about the Flint water crisis. It ended with an appeal for Michigan residents

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Us / Them

I’ve added a new hobby the last few months: I’m a volunteer door-knocker for a candidate I’m supporting in the upcoming election. I always think

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The Zero Sum Illusion

I’m reading a brilliant and challenging book right now, The Sum of Us, whose author argues that white people have lost a lot more than

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The Hero Shortage

Note: I really hope you’ve read Mark Hiskes’ important essay Afraid to Teach which was posted on the website this week. (If not, stop reading

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Poker Face of Christ

“After he said these things, Jesus became visibly upset, and then he told them why. ‘One of you is going to betray me.’ “ (John

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We Can’t Hear You

Dear Congressman, Hours after the shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde I went to my fourth grader’s spring choir concert. He hates singing. He was

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That cop is us

I’ve never met Chris Schurr, the Grand Rapids police officer who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya. But I feel like I have. I read the

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Making sense of lament

I’ve learned a miracle phrase. I think I learned it from Glennon Doyle’s podcast – a little parenting tip that turns out to be applicable

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