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First

This is the First Roseland Christian Reformed Church of Chicago Illinois — a long time ago. First of all, I want you to know that

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Children of God?

I’d bet there is hardly a pastor out there who hasn’t at some point winced at a funeral, during family members’ comments and eulogies. It

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Beauty’s Mysterious Vengeance

I live through an odd phenomenon every year: Pride month and the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America (RCA) happening simultaneously. As someone

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Make a Good List

It was the 90s, and my high school photography teacher had a poster hanging on the wall by the artist, SARK, that caught my attention.

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Blood and Water Flowed

A man in my community died last month. After a twelve month tangle with glioblastoma, he entered a ten-day rapid unraveling and died on July

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What’s In a Name?

Last week The Reformed Journal linked to a sermon video and transcript by Diana Butler Bass, given at the Wild Goose festival a couple weeks

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Sabbath Song

The Sabbath itself is a sanctuary in which we build, a sanctuary in time. Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath Road Trip We were hours into

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Postcard from the Lake

My family and I recently went camping on the shores of Lake Michigan. I spent every second I could next to that big, beautiful body

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