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Nation and Kingdom

I was raised in a patriotic home. My immigrant parents, especially my Dad, were very grateful for the opportunity to come to America to achieve

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Till the Ground

I’ve had this prayer poem from Julian of Norwich on my mind for the last couple of weeks: Be a gardener.Dig a ditchToil and sweat,And

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Pilgrimage

Odd-looking thing, really. Its keyboard makes it a piano or organ of some sort, but it comes packaged in what looks like a suitcase far

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I Don’t Want Peace

As Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Heritage month came to a close, a passage from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s sermon, “When Peace Becomes

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Passing on the Blessing

My mother-in-law died in January. Grada Johanna Voortman-Rietema blew out the candles on her 102nd birthday cake, rose from her chair, and fell awkwardly to

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The Lure of Time Travel

There’s a moment toward the end of Mackenzie Crook’s brilliant tender comedy-drama Detectorists when the character Lance explains the attraction of metal detecting by saying,

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Carrying

I’ve been thinking this week about carrying things. Our church began regathering a few weeks ago, and a critical part of our Sunday mornings is

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