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The Mystery Owns Us

How do we live out of the mystery of Easter, the mystery of our union with Christ? I’ll get right to the point. After the

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Fast Falls the Eventide

Twenty-five years ago, the Dordt College concert choir loaded up on a bus for our spring break tour. Our first stop didn’t make it on

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Wild Geese

With thanks to my co-pastor, Tom Bomhof, whose excellent devotions for a congregational meeting a couple weeks ago prompted the thinking for this blog. I

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Russia

Andrei Tarkovsky is my second-favorite movie-maker. Dmitri Shostakovich is my second-favorite symphony composer. And Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote my third-favorite novel, The Brothers Karamazov. In terms

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Series Calamitas

My city is on edge.  It began two weeks ago when an early morning traffic stop ended up with the death of a black man

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Casting My Net

When the disciples heard Jesus tell them to throw their nets out wider, I wonder if they worried a bit. “We haven’t done that before.

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Re-membering Resurrection

I am the resurrection and the life — Jesus At the church where I am a member, we will be gathering around the Lord’s Table

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Jesus the Gardener

The following is adapted from chapter 5 of Refugia Faith: Seeking Hidden Shelters, Ordinary Wonders, and the Healing of the Earth. Below, you will find

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