Category: Blog

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On the end of Roe

As a historian of the antiabortion movement, I feel a little obligated to say something in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe

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Who We Leave Behind

I’m the oldest of six kids, and the first five of us are all two years apart like stepping-stones. Seemingly undaunted by this squirmy and

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Great Bear

Humanity’s oldest story is written in the stars. It’s there in the summer night sky, welcome and cool. For most of us, it’s there in

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God so faithful

Last week, Jane Zwart posted the intercessory prayer she wrote and offered as part of Sunday worship at Church of the Servant in Grand Rapids,

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Certainty’s Limits

My fellow blogger Dana VanderLugt posted a thoughtful piece on Saturday titled “No Easy Answers.”   Her post received a number of appreciative comments but when

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Triggered by the Bible

Sometimes I get up early in the morning to read the Bible because I know it makes for a peaceful start to my day, or

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What freedom is for

Nearly ten years ago, I traveled to South Africa with a dozen or so members of the church I was serving at the time. Several

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No Easy Answers

My youngest son is the king of questions. His ten-year-old brain and his mouth seem to spin from the moment he opens his eyes in

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