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Daniel Meeter

Two Guys at the Ascension

Today is Ascension Day. It is a public holiday in parts of Europe. Hemelvaartsdag. New York City observes it by letting you not move your

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Sara Sybesma Tolsma

The Fruit of Scientific Research

This experimental treatment is potentially life-changing for KJ. But it also serves to pave the way for using CRISPR-based gene editing for other diseases.

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Chad Pierce

Remembering Better

While there is something noble and beneficial about looking back, the best way to remember the sacrifices of the past would be to change our

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Mark Roeda

Looking for Jesus after Being Fired

I had a brief, tense interaction with my manager. She stormed out of the meeting, so I figured we would work it out when we

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Clay Libolt

Windows on Mystery: Coming and Going

How is the risen Lord present to us and how not? And what are the relevance of those two realities? Resurrection questions.

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Jonathan Hiskes

A Vulgar, Tender Ethic of Friendship

They blustered, argued, and cursed the confines they felt, but there was real energy to it. They had something to push against.

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Tim Van Deelen

Harm

Protecting the most vulnerable species from the finality of extinction has a unique gravity that is poorly addressed in regulatory language.

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Nancy Knol

Some Small Corner of the Earth

The tomatoes were eaten by some kind of worm or bug, and the corn leaned over like a half-hearted question mark.

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Dave Medema

Hate Wrapped in Virtue

We’ve seen it before. And we’re seeing it again — hatred wrapped in the veneer of faith and flag.

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Kathryn Vilela

The gravity of the binary

I used to be quite proficient in physics – not so much anymore. It turns out that it’s one of those subjects that only sits

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Clay Libolt

Windows on Mystery: Joy

John 13:31-35 “Joy” may be too big a word. Joy tends to put pressure on us. Consider what happens to many people at Christmas. Perhaps