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Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell

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Buon San Giuseppe

San Giuseppe. Saint Joseph. Mary’s husband. Jesus’s supposed father. The patron saint of fathers, carpenters, laborers, of Sicily and Canada. We Reformed folk have always

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Martin, My Dad…and me

What does a guy like me, who’s lived a very white life, and who’s not a historian have to offer to Black History Month? Not

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Heresies I Have Loved

“A good sermon should skate right up to the edge of heresy. Make your point to the extreme. You’ll have other sermons to pull in

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Spindle Back Chairs and Routine

“My father sat on that chair every morning to put on his socks and shoes.” So said the elderly gentleman, a member of my congregation

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