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Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell

Orthodox Jew Selected in MLB Draft

Believed to be a first, Jacob Steinmetz, a hard-throwing pitcher from Long Island, New York and an Orthodox Jew, was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks

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Collective Effervescence

We’ve been missing a specific kind of joy during the pandemic — the joy of being together, a joy that multiplies.

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The Adult Child Shall Lead Them

My two adult children are both in their early thirties, married, with kids. Whenever I visit them I leave with my head spinning, my heart

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Not Interested

I’m angry that Christians are not just complicit in but actively blameworthy for the earth’s ruin. I’m angry that well-meaning, well-educated people take comfort in

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Embodied Prayer

A Lutheran pastor shares how a different form of prayer was an important breakthrough for her.

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