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The Religion of Crossfit Revisted
Whether it be Crossfit or the church, the interest in each seems to be waning. People have less of a connection to Crossfit, but they


God in the Metaverse
Live-streaming is giving way to social media strategy, communication coordination, branding, and more.


The Weakest Strongest Cord: On Trust & Democracy
I suspect I’m not the only person who, in the face of our nation’s recent authoritarian turn, is struggling to define a posture between outrage


A Tender Turning Point
This is the commemorative hundredth-anniversary book for Alpine Avenue Christian Reformed Church, the church in which I grew up. The anniversary occurred in 1981 when


Music Isn’t a Universal Language
Music’s power to connect and reconcile, like that of language, is not automatic; it has to be built.


Living Water
March 15 was the day the Wisconsin State Climatology Office declared as the official thaw date.


Fierce Saints
I’m writing this on Tuesday, March 25—a fascinating confluence of a day because it’s Flannery O’Connor’s 100thbirthday, it’s Dante Day in Florence (because it’s the


What the Church Growth Movement Gave Me
When I think of what the “church growth movement” gave me, my answers would be anxiety, shame, fear of failure, resentment, and a few other


Good Trouble
Paul did not include the words “comfy” or “detached” in his list. Sometimes the most true thing to acknowledge is that we are worried. Sometimes


Reality Check
Soon enough your life is colored by battles you never signed up for and obligations that you wouldn’t have chosen for yourself.


Reservations
Although we played by the rules and didn’t do anything wrong, there is no longer a place for us in the Christian Reformed Church.


Spiegel im Spiegel
Spiegel im Spiegel – German for “Mirrors in the mirror.” An infinity of mirror images repeating themselves. Have you stood in the space between the