Category: Blog

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A Highway in the Desert

A certain brother committed an offense in Scete, the camp of the monks, and when a congregation was assembled ‎on this matter, they sent after

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Gathered

I had a rather startling realization this week: this coming Sunday, one year ago, was the last time my congregation (and many congregations) gathered in

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Seeds

John Bates, bard of Manitowish Waters, led our GreenHouse students on a snow-shoe exploration of Raven Trail’s winter stories. After teaching them to speak chickadese

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Johnson&Johnson&Jesus

If you have gone to most any news or newspaper website in the last few months, then you know that you have not needed to

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It’s Always Been About Love

When you’re young, it’s easy to confuse strength with dominance; when you’re older, you realize the feat of character it takes to be meek. I

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A Reflection on the Lections for Lent II

Genesis 17:1-16; Mark 8:31-38; Romans 4:13-25 “Prelude to Labor” Pregnant on tomorrow’s side of middle agebones already bending toward sweet earthand autumn’s leaves released in

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The Dwelling Place and the Dust

Please welcome today’s guest blogger, my colleague and friend Prof. Chad Engbers. Chad gave this meditation at our Ash Wednesday chapel at Calvin University on

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Witnesses

“What places do I really have to see when I’m here?” I asked the woman behind the desk at the Osage visitor’s center. “You must see

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