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Rebecca Koerselman

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When God Answers

By Steve Vander Molen When most of us think about prayer for people’s needs, our minds leap to something we want God to do or

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Making Rudeness Normal

Whenever I watch reality TV, I am struck by how often reality TV participants explain their bad behavior as “truth-telling” or “just being honest.” Since

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Raising Questions

I’ve noticed an uptick in alternative history stories. Maybe this is connected to “alternative facts.” Then again, people have always enjoyed alternatives to reality. Is

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Modern Anxieties: Alien: Covenant

By Mike Kugler In my last essay I proposed that Shelley’s Frankenstein remains our most powerful modern myth. The new series of Alien movies, beginning

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Witchy Woman

Why are so many women of a certain age considered witches? A friend and I were discussing films and books appropriate for our young daughters,

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Naming and Knowing

I’ve noticed some interesting trends in naming, particularly among millennials. Instead of choosing classic or so-old-they-are-new-again names, parents seem to make up new names through

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What I Love About Easter, Redux

I am continually struck by the intermingling of cultural and secular ideas with Christian holidays. Spring is my favorite season. I was born in early

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