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Sara Sybesma Tolsma

A Blurry Line and a Clear Calling

Humans have searched long and hard for a trait that secures our uniqueness. Tool use. Play. Language. Creativity. Imagination. Empathy. One by one, these candidates

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Chad Pierce

Jubilee from the Couch

This holiday is the basis for what Jesus says the good news. The entirety of his mission could be summed up in the concept of

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Duane Kelderman

I Made a Mental Note that Night

It’s crazy what you remember, but I remember that it was so dead quiet in that room that the crickets in the darkness outside were

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Katie Roelofs

Chipping Through the Ice

What was happening to the writer who first sang “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen? Nobody knows but Jesus.”

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Dave Larsen

Why Does Jesus Weep?

I learned to cry by watching my father, a man of many emotions.

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Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell

Heresies I Have Loved: III

While I brace for impact, I have some secret sympathies for Marcion’s claim that we should do away with the Old Testament.

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Jeff Munroe

Donald Trump, Theologian

Religion’s back now, hotter than ever before, I have to tell you. The National Prayer Breakfast was held on February 5, and since its beginning

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Carol Bechtel

Spot On Psalms

“Why, O LORD, do you stand far off?” it asks, straight out of the blocks. “Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?” So

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Peter Boogaart

Smooching, Origins, Yellowstone, and More

Origin stories have consequences. Whatever you believe, consciously or not, is the way things “really are” will become your stage directions. Each of us will