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Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell

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Narrowing Niches and Loss of Elasticity

The American Protestant church is losing “elasticity” — the ability to stretch across differences. Big tents are out. Purity and homogeneity are in.

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The Path + Ten

Happy birthday to us! Maybe you heard that The Twelve, the daily blog of the Reformed Journal, just marked its tenth anniversary — begun on

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The Power of Welcome

Memories of how a Republican Midwestern governor welcomed refugees from southeast Asia in the 1970s and 80s.

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Rachel Held Evans’ Legacy

The patron saint of those who question and grow weary of pat answers, maybe the Martin Luther of a new reformation?

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