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Laura de Jong

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Telling the Truth About God

I’ve been thinking a lot about truth-telling lately. I’m working on a presentation for a preaching conference next month. I’ve titled the workshop “Preaching Towards

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The Body, in Life and in Death

Two weeks ago, I visited the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam, where Rembrandt van Rijn lived, painted, and sold paintings from 1639 to 1658. An

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A Place in the Heart

When this blog goes live, I will hopefully be thousands of feet in the air over the mid-Atlantic, on my way to the Netherlands for

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Our Help in Ages Past

My great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was a priest in the Netherlands. That’s thirteen “greats” if you weren’t counting. His name was Feito Ruardi, and he was born in

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Total Football

Warning: this blog contains spoilers of Ted Lasso Season 3. Scott beat me to the punch with his blog about the NY Times story of

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The Last Laugh

So it’s the last day of the CRC’s synod. Much has been decided, but not everything. As of my uploading this at 10:30 last night,

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The Mountains Are Out

A couple weeks ago I traveled to Kingsfold Retreat Centre with a group of pastors who have gathered once a month this past year, mostly

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Baby J and the Pastor

This weekend I watched the new John Mulaney Netflix comedy special, Baby J. Mulaney’s had an eventful couple of years, and he recounts much of

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