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Heidi S. De Jonge

Awe-Full Friday

What if we took our richest theological gains and counted them but loss? What if we let the vastness of the moment pour contempt on

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Hugh Cook

Blessed are the Foot-Washers

After such a majestic buildup, what would we expect to come next? An action of some glory and power worthy of Christ’s universal sovereignty, of

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Clara Pahl

The Silence of Waiting

Uncovering hidden Christs in rests, like they were Easter tombs.

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Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell

Suffering Pilates

As a Pilate disliker, I always resented his presence in the creeds. He felt like such an inappropriate presence, a festering sliver, an interloper.

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Rebecca Koerselman

In Defense of Hobbies

When I was in graduate school, I wanted to try something new, so I joined a local roller derby team. I loved the opportunity to

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Cambria Kaltwasser

Go to Dark Gethsemane

It’s here we reach the pinnacle of Christian doctrine and a hornet’s nest of intra-Christian disputes

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David Hoekema

Life on the Border Today

Illegal crossings peaked in the first Trump administration and again early in Biden’s term, but the numbers have been declining since 2023 and are now

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Jared Ayers

Lead Us Not Into Temptation?

Many struggle with its final petition: “Lead us not into temptation,” in the King’s English. Does God tempt people into sinning?

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Tim Van Deelen

Blossom and Rise

A friend asked me weeks ago now, “what can we do?” and I put him off, promising I’d think about it and write something. But

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Jennifer L. Holberg

Our Own Superheroes

Because I moved so often as a child–nine places but thirteen residences–I’m apt to say I’m not really “from” anywhere. But that’s probably not totally

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Sophie Mathonnet-VanderWell

Tribal Loyalty

I have spent a lifetime metabolizing split allegiances and belonging to different tribes.

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James Gould

When the Darkness is Gone

If we think God is a vindictive judge, we’ll imitate that God, on the assumption that God loves a favored few and hates everyone else.