Being Prepared

Being Prepared

How often has any of us heard someone, bemused, say aloud, “I didn’t know I had it in me.”

Marilyn McEntyre
On January 22, 2025
Safe Enough to Die

Safe Enough to Die

I think she knew that it was safe enough to die.

Keith Mannes
On January 21, 2025
Blood Sport

Blood Sport

It is illegal, now, but historically, blood sports were very popular. By definition, blood sports include activities that inflict serious injuries, pain, or death as

Rebecca Koerselman
On January 20, 2025
More Than a Mosaic

More Than a Mosaic

A newly-arrived family from Burundi came to church: two parents and nine children, fresh from a refugee camp in Tanzania.

Jane Plantinga Pauw
On January 19, 2025

Blog Posts

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David Landegent

On Proof-Texting

What I appreciate most about some “proof-texting” is that it helps me to see what biblical texts moved someone to think this way or that.

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Harriette Mostert

Not a Game of “Gotcha”

This was not a conversation in which Jesus is trying to trick someone into confessing or to come out on top or to shame someone.

A white winter landscape with a single tree on the right
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Jennifer L. Holberg

Now, More Than Ever

I’m only just now taking down my Christmas decorations (and full disclosure: the tree is still left). I’ve come to believe I have until Epiphany,

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Jeff Munroe

Holy, Sacred Moments

A year after the publication of my book, I am aware of things I wish I’d said better. I don’t feel bad about that; I

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Jane Plantinga Pauw

Going to Church with Jimmy

As a pastor, this presidential situation affects my work more than you might imagine.

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Larry Doornbos

Amish for the Win!

Deep in the heart of U.S. evangelicalism is the belief that if we did a better job at apologetics, a better job of showing that

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James Bratt

Once and Future Presidents

The contrast this week has been striking. The solemn ceremonies and tearful farewells for ex-President Jimmy Carter over against the threats, bombast, and bloviations from

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John H. Timmerman

The Back Yard

One of my favorites, a tufted titmouse, is at the feeder.

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Sara Sybesma Tolsma

Biology’s Top 5 of 2024

Take a look at some of the important, exciting, and/or weird advances in biology over the last year.