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Rebecca Koerselman

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Leaving the Nest

When it comes to parenting, our current society has much to say. There are loads of parenting podcasts, manuals, books, explanations, discussions. Parenting is serious,

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A salute to summer

For someone who’s always loved school, attended school for what feels like forever, parents children who are in school, is married to a middle school

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Out of Pocket

There is something that happens when I step outside, with no purse or bag. I almost feel naked, like my fevered August teacher dreams where

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There There

There was no announcement or notification. Just some big machinery that dug up a large section of concrete in the middle of our street, a

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Reformed and Reforming

I grew up in the Reformed Church in America, and I remember enjoying my Sunday school classes and Thursday night catechism classes. There were many

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The Right to Earn

If it is spring in the Midwest, it will be windy. Ann Marie Riebe lived in the Great Plains of North Dakota. In the 1930s

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Holy Huddle

A missed basket. An untimely injury. A bad call by the referee. A rare mistake by a gifted athlete. I wish I didn’t care so

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Playing Ball Like….a Megastar

In a pivotal scene from the film, The Sandlot, “Ham” Porter gives the final chilling insult to the boys from the fancy baseball team: “You

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Terrified of Our Private Selves

I’ve heard many opinions concerning what is and is not appropriate to teach in schools. The battles over curriculum are in high swing. But James

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