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Chad Pierce

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

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Gene Ryan

God in the Metaverse

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

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Debra Rienstra

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

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Tim Van Deelen

Living Water

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

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Jennifer L. Holberg

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

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Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell

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

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Kathryn Vilela

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

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Cambria Kaltwasser

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.

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Roger Nelson

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.

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Heidi S. De Jonge

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