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Tim Van Deelen

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The Man in the White Dress

I became an Elder in a congregation of the Christian Reformed Church at the tender age of 33, not quite the stern silverback archetype I

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Seeing Red

A six-pack of IPAs and an almond-currant loaf from the Dutch import store are hard to hide in an expense report, so I’ll probably let

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What If You Knew Her…?

Neil Young’s guitar growls and stomps with old testimony buzz and smoke in the bare trees. One of the most instantly recognized riffs in rock

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Work Song

If we will have the wisdom to survive,to stand like slow growing treeson a ruined place, I didn’t know what to make of Earth Day

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Reading the AR6 Synthesis Report

Header photo: Antarctic Sea ice reaches another record low (February 2023). NASA Earth Observatory, public domain. So, do you love your children? Your grandchildren? Your

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Here

Such a week. Between successive Sundays, I’ve traveled from the opposite side of the globe, navigated a frenzied week on campus, ascended the mountain, and

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Pigeon Grace

I saw venison on the menu so, of course, I had to order it – knowing that the only deer in Africa is the romantically

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Wrung Out

I am wrung out. Seeking sunshine restoration in the wastes.  The parking lot opossum was likely lapping up the salt leavings. It trundled off into

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