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Donald Bloesch: Ecumenical Evangelical

JANUARY 2012: INTERVIEW by Richard E. Burnett Editors’ Note Donald Bloesch (1928–2010) was a professor of theology at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary from

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POETRY by Walter Wangerin, Jr.

For the Twelfth Night Sing softly the cherries, Red, red, sweet and good; Sing apples and oranges, The cinnamon food. Dance swiftly the cider, Spin

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One Hundred Pages Waiting

Thirty-three years ago I broke a promise. I told a friend leaving for the summer that I would write to her. Six weeks later I

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Everything That Rises

Like penicillin, silly putty, and LSD, leavened bread was most likely discovered by accident. Most sources say the Egyptians were probably the first to experience

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Black Bag Theology

I’m Reformed for a bunch of reasons. My reasons aren’t the same now as they were back when I was an arrogant eighteen-year-old, when I

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An Eagle’s Cry

It was five in the morning, the time in his experience—between four and five—when the condemned was wakened to be led out. It was always

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