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Tom Boogaart

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Theophany at Houseman Field

Our lives consist of an innumerable succession of moments, and most of them seem to pass unremembered into oblivion. We cannot remember in the evening

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The Negev

I said, “Yes!” without really thinking about it. This group of young people had become my friends. We had worked together in the expansive greenhouses

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Homemakers, One and All

Homemakers From the immense and undifferentiated space in the world, all of us claim our own. In one way or another, we raise four walls

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A Transfiguration at Pine Lake

Nearly every summer since 1983, my extended family has rented summer cabins on Pine Lake near Wellston, Michigan. The cabins are what is left of

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The Porcelain Messiah

I was out of town on the day that my Grandma Gillespie died. As soon as I returned, I went to the funeral home and

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To Do Things the Right Way

At least once every year, my Grandma Gillespie would pack my sister, two brothers, and me into her green 52 Chevy and drive us past

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Decluttering as Spiritual Practice

I was surprised to discover how many books and blogs are devoted to the practice of decluttering. A simple search of the word “decluttering” yielded

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