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Scott Hoezee

The Pastor’s Quandary

March is Oral Comp season here at Calvin Seminary where I teach.   In a couple of weeks all of our seniors who are completing their

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Mardi Gras

I think it was sometime in high school while taking German that I began to make the (obvious) connections between Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday/Lent.  

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Prophetic or Poor Taste?

Sometimes you encounter something that is both annoying and thought-provoking, and as you parse it all in your mind, it’s just not clear where you

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Remembrance

Depending on where you are, it is Veterans Day or Remembrance Day on this 11th of November.  It’s the 96th anniversary, too, of the end

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Excusing Anger

Serena Williams had a reason, a rationale, an excuse.   She missed a shot in a tennis match last week–a match she went on to win–and

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Metaphorically Speaking

This year I was privileged to be invited to join an interdisciplinary group of scholars.  Together we will study the intersections of economics and metaphor

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Gracious Residue

This blog post will appear on a Tuesday but I am writing it on a Monday morning and so am in a post-Sunday reflective mood

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