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Kate Kooyman

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Stop Believing

It’s really hard to concentrate on anything except these impeachment hearings, but I’ll offer this bit of good news: apparently following Scripture is not a

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Space for Death

There are trees in the Olympic Peninsula whose roots are suspended in the air — like the tree is standing on its tippy-toes.  Some of

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Metamorphosis

My kids caught an obscene number of tadpoles this week. The fattest tadpoles I have ever seen. They look like little green egg yolks —

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No Worries

In Canada, I noticed that when I said “thank you” to someone, they most often responded by saying, “No worries.”  I love this. It’s because

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A thousand. A million.

For my kids, the highlight of our National Parks experience so far has been the 45-minute educational talk that happens each night in our campground.

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The Promise is Hidden

This morning there was a frog in my shower. I was at a campground in Northern Michigan, and the little green guy was all huddled

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Interdependence Day

Today, my family and I will attend the world’s most charming 4th of July parade, an 80-year tradition which happens less than a mile from

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Grace like Rain

My dog hates the rain. If I open the back door to let her out, when she clearly has to go, she’ll stand there and

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We are the same person

“We are the same person,” is the thing I find myself saying when I feel a particular affinity to someone. The other day my friend

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