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Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell

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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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Podcast

Ep2-3: The Iowa Caucuses

Bob Leonard is a reporter in Iowa with almost unequaled access to the candidates, along with a deep familiarity of Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses.  Hear

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Podcast

EP 2-2: Jeff Munroe on Reading Buechner

Jeff Munroe, a frequent contributor on The Twelve, has a new book — Reading Buechner: Exploring the Work of a Master Memoirist, Novelist, Theologian, and

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