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Kate Kooyman

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Meredith Anne Miller

In this episode, Kate Kooyman talks with Meredith Anne Miller, a mom, pastor, and writer with over 20 years of experience in children’s ministry and

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Falling Overboard

My dad loved to be on a boat. He’d whip us around the lake in a speedboat while we clung for dear life to the

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A Psalm for those who languish

The New York Times published a piece last week about a mental health state called “languishing” — a state of joylessness and aimlessness that is

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Profoundly Committed to Racism

Dr. Willie Jennings grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Recently, on Kate Bowler’s podcast, he was asked what it was like to grow up here,

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Here’s to the women

Here’s to the women. The brave ones, who speak truth with conviction, with brilliance, with footnotes.  To the women who do not back down, who

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God and Guns

My brother loves the grocery store.  He’s a great cook, he’s got great taste in food, and most days he gets a hankering for something

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Let’s Not Meet in the Middle

Yesterday the Michigan state senate Majority Leader opened the floor session with a prayer. He prayed for the seeking of unity, for people to work

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The Bible Is Not a Weapon

“The Bible says that ‘for everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven…a time to heal, …and a time to

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The Best of the Worst

What was the best book you read this year?  Mine was Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. I listened to the author read it, actually

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