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2019’s Most Popular

2019 was a great year here at The Twelve–thanks for reading, commenting, engaging, supporting, and caring! Here are the top five most read posts of

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Happy New Year!

2019 draws to a close. Thank you for your collegiality and support this past year. The Twelve is here for you, day after day. Before

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The Generosity Option

This story is true, but I have changed some details to protect identities, because revealing identities goes against the spirit of the story. A while

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502 and 8

We’re eight years old today! The Twelve first appeared on October 31, 2011. It was no coincidence we appeared on Reformation Day, the day Luther

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With Taxes Now Behind Us

If you live in the United States, chances are that taxes, income taxes specifically, have been on your mind and part of your life in

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Perpetual Motion

People seem to have given up on the idea of a perpetual motion machine. But The Twelve is about as close as you’ll come. Day

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Mixed Motives

Reformed folk don’t need to be embarrassed by mixed motives. What other kind of motives are there? As 2017 draws to a close, we hope

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Boxing Day

Boxing Day–in the United States, we’re never quite sure what to make of it. The tradition, we believe, is that today is the day you

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