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There are some words in the Dutch language that just can’t be translated properly into English. Benauwd. Verklempt. Voorpret. And gezellig (pronounced phlegm-ze-li-phlegm). Gezellig is
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There are some words in the Dutch language that just can’t be translated properly into English. Benauwd. Verklempt. Voorpret. And gezellig (pronounced phlegm-ze-li-phlegm). Gezellig is

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

A number of years ago I came to greatly admire the Catholic activist Dorothy Day. There’s so much about Day’s story to love–her passion for

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

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,

I wanted to write something super deep and meaningful and totally on the nose for this Maundy Thursday Post. All week and last I thought

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

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

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