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Peter Boogaart

In the Big Inning

Since every player performs differently in each game, the final score is always the outcome of their intermixing contributions at that one moment in time.

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Keith Mannes

Pride Comes, Then Disgrace

“You might think you’re hot snot on a silver platter,
but you’re really just cold boogers on a paper plate.”

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Ronald Wells

Julia Child and Me

A cup of tea and good conversation with Julia Child back in 1966 gave my early career a boost.

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Dana VanderLugt

When the light takes longer

I spend the earliest morning shift willing myself to stay alert, tracing the endless yellow lines that slice through the dark, and praying for the

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Clay Libolt

Windows on Mystery: Touch

The New Testament on resurrection is multiple, layered, giving us first one perspective and then another.

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Leo Jonker

Sleeping, Waking, and Hope

Lately, my waking has been difficult. The world has changed. I thought I would always feel safe, free, and cared for in Canada, my country.

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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