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Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell

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A Mansion Just Over the Hilltop

I’m satisfied with just a cottage belowA little silver and a little goldBut in that city where the ransomed will shineI want a gold one

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To Be a Witness

I never did put a fish sticker on the back of my car. Many years ago, I considered it for a while — a discreet

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Two Takes on a Pandemic

Jesus says, “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has

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Pandemic, Postponing, and Polity

When the Covid-19 pandemic appeared, it soon became apparent that most annual gatherings of Christian denominations in the USA would not meet this summer, as

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Three Sweet Stories

I flatter myself and say that someday historians will note when The Twelve stopped being All-COVID-19-All-the-Time as an important landmark in the history of the

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Annoying Critics

“I wish you would tell my pastor that ‘the love of money is the root of all evil.’ Money is not the problem!” This woman

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Without Guile

So Little Women didn’t win the Oscar for Best Film. It’s only win was for costume design. I’m in no position to claim it should

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Crabs in a Bucket

I’d never heard the phrase before — “Crabs in a bucket.” Robert Leonard, affectionately known around here as “Dr. Bob,” used it to describe these

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