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Laura de Jong

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The Gift of Self

By now you’ve read all sorts of reasons to support the Reformed Journal and The Twelve. You’ve read about the exciting updates coming down the

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Ceilings and Suit Jackets

Two weeks ago, on a warm-for-November Saturday night, I sat in an Adirondack chair beside my friend’s fire pit, an iPad perched on a little

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Prayers of the Saints

Here’s a conversation I had on Monday. Me: “I have to write my blog yet this week.”Friend: “What are you going to write about?”Me: “No

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Onward Christian Soldiers

Last week we received a postcard in the church mail. No sender, no note – just this image on the front and our church address

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Anne Days

“Dear old world, you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.” That quote greets me every morning. I stump downstairs

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Wholeheartedness and Whole30

I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling like things are a little bit all over the place these days. I’m excited about a new

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Wonderpeople

Last weekend I had a transformative experience.Standing beside my friend’s tent-trailer, I suddenly became a different person. All because I was given a shovel, which

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Away Home

On Tuesday night the Toronto Blue Jays played their first “Home” game in their new home-away-from-home, Sahlen Field, in Buffalo, New York. Normally the home

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Divine Comedy

I didn’t think I’d ever be chums with John Cena, but then I suppose Covid-19 has led us all into some surprising situations. Back in

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