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Laura de Jong

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Falling Objects

Last month it was the Suez Boat crisis that captured my imagination. I told you that once Louie, my Facebook algorithm, noticed that I’d clicked

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What’s The Plan?

I’ve been feeling a lot of empathy for the Israelites lately. Out they come from Egypt, feeling energized and excited and elated and terrified. They’re

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Resurrection Resilience

Two years ago today, on a bright Monday afternoon, I wrote this reflection on the confluence of spring, Holy Week, the fire of Notre Dame,

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Gathered

I had a rather startling realization this week: this coming Sunday, one year ago, was the last time my congregation (and many congregations) gathered in

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Asombrado

On Tuesday morning I looked up from the plank position I had been holding and saw a dolphin. And then another dolphin. Just their dorsal

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For the Restless

Because, I suppose, God would still have us call him good,he has shone the light of his countenance upon us(here in West Michigan, at least)and

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The Day After

To tweak the opening sentence of the New York Times from January 21, 1861, “The day to which all have looked with so much anxiety

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