Category: Blog

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Leaning Into Our Limits

I am tired these days. I keep seeing headlines about trauma and “covid fatigue” so maybe you are too. And herein lies the opportunity. American

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Jesus and the Disinherited Today

The antiracist reading group at my church has dedicated the month of February to Howard Thurman’s classic work Jesus and the Disinherited. We’ve spent the

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Before I Got Here

It might have been here on The Twelve that somebody suggested it would be interesting to discover who owned my land before my land was

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For the Restless

Because, I suppose, God would still have us call him good,he has shone the light of his countenance upon us(here in West Michigan, at least)and

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The Ravine

“Ooh” she said, “That one’s my favorite!” She came over and I snapped a cell phone picture of her next to it. One needs to

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Doormats, Serpents, and Doves

A recent article in the New York Times addressed the troubling rise of a militant form of Christian Nationalism and how prevalent—and visually obvious—this was

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Somebody should do something

I know that it’s easy these days to complain about politics and government. Here’s the thing, “we the people” is really just each one of

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Sacramental Transparency

Earlier this week, Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell sparked a lively conversation on this blog with his provocative question, “Does being a hard-nosed Calvinist who sees the struggle

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