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Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell

APB: JB MIA

Ladies and Gentlemen: John the Baptizer is missing! JB: I am not missing. I am right here. I simply no longer wish to be associated

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Armistice

The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Armistice. Marked as the official end of World War I. The origin of Veterans

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Green Pastures

A couple months back, I sat in an Iowa pasture with 14,000 others to see Bill and Hillary. Don’t read too much into that. It

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Sharing of Sufferings

Today we welcome guest blogger Daniel Meeter, the pastor of Old First Reformed Church in Brooklyn, New York. Thanks, Daniel! My personal motto is Philippians

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Bringing Mystery Back

You can’t tell me there is no mystery It’s overflows my cup This feast of beauty can intoxicate Just like the finest wine Come all

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Grandma’s Baptism

“I’m going to baptize my grandkids this summer!” These were the words of an Elder in my congregation, a grandmother, as she headed out for

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A Pretty Good Book

A Letter to My Congregation: An evangelical pastor’s path to embracing people who are gay, lesbian and transgender into the company of JesusKen WilsonRead the

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