Category: Blog

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Catching Up With God

People tell me they want to keep learning about God and the Bible. So here is a perspective for you to consider, if it is

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Status Confessionis

Dear friends in Grand Rapids, Calvin U., and CRC-land: I am chagrined at the Christian Reformed Synod’s recent adoption of the report and recommendations of

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The Best Story Wins

“There’s a tremendous amount of rot that’s in our agencies and institutions—Calvin University and Seminary. That needs to be cleaned out.” Those are the words

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At the Reception

That she might marry seemed so unlikely that the possibility never even arose. Her physical condition–she’s a quad, has been since birth–put marriage somehow out

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Roller Skates and Blue Dresses

I was in first grade when my grandmother won the award for “youngest grandma” at my elementary school’s Grandparent’s Day assembly. I remember getting up

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Out of Season

You may have noticed that I’ve been away from this space since May: first, to lead two back-to-back trips in Italy (for college students and

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Rethinking Freedom

WIth US Independence Day behind us, can I now say that for much of my life, “freedom” hasn’t really been a big concern, a priority

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Belonging

Among the many gifts holidays bring is memory, because holidays allow us to connect memories with dates. I have many memories, but I know the

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