Category: Blog

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Go slow

My mom had a major joint replacement surgery this week.  Before the surgery she was telling me about how long it can take to adjust

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The Jesus Who Never Lived

Each Fall for the last number of years I have had the privilege of assisting in all things Homiletical in my colleague Mariano Avila’s Calvin

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Twenty Years Ago and Today

On the twentieth anniversary of September 11, I reflect on the attacks and the current state of the church and world. I am saddened, I

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Why I’m in Seminary: A Confession

On my first day of seminary (online, thanks to the northerly remnants of Hurricane Ida), I learned about confessions. They come in many flavors: acknowledgments

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Every Onion

My Badgers played the Nittany Lions, the Big 10 opener, on Saturday. Classes started yesterday. Labor Day came on Monday with bratwurst on the backyard

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Giving Back

Recently, I wrapped up my marketing internship with Mercantile Bank. It was a fruitful time. Not only did the internship encompass daily marketing duties, but

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The God That Jesus Believed In

Have you ever had an experience where something disturbed you, unsettled you, more than it should have? A conversation, a book or movie, that unnerved

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