Category: Blog

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Barth & Christmas Wonder

This Advent, together with some friends and colleagues from my church, I’m reading a collection of Christmas essays and articles by Karl Barth. The collection

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Delight

I’ve been writing for this blog for a long time, and I was today years old (as the meme goes) when I found out that

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Ongoing Engagement

Ten years. Doubtless others of my fellow Twelvers will be noting our recent tenth anniversary of this blog. I have been part of it from

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Why Do People Give?

Why do people give? I’m sure those far more expert than I have asked and answered this question. Still, I’ll share some ideas with you.

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Lunchroom Brawl

Apparently there was a fight in the high school lunchroom. The principal asked many students and teachers who witnessed the fight to write down what

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In everything, give thanks

Choose joy. Find joy in the journey. No doubt you’re familiar with these kinds of platitudes. Maybe someone has said something like it to you,

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What Advent is All About

The leaves have fallen. The temperatures are dropping. The wind from the north is regularly sweeping across the land, cutting through the extra layers we’ve

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Something to Say

A year ago, we asked you to financially support the Reformed Journal because we had big plans. We said we were going to expand what

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That’s On Me

One of the nice things about having young adult children home for Thanksgiving is that they can fill you in on crucial cultural developments such

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