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Stumbling into Awe

This past week I co-led another Prairie Serve, an event that brings high school students from the U.S. and Canada to Sioux City, Iowa to

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Hit

The light turns green. I step into the crosswalk at River Avenue and 16th Street in downtown Holland, Michigan and as I do, a strange

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God Counts by Ones

We saw it a few years back.   There was a major refugee crisis.  We knew many thousands were fleeing violence and poverty and trying to

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Leadership and Listening

Leadership and Listening by Jill Ver Steeg Leadership begins with listening.  This might come as a surprise to many since “leadership” is usually envisioned as

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Faith’s Shifting Landscape

Conversations on Spiritual Deconstruction and the Shifting Landscape of Faith by Allison Vander Broek I’ve been doing a lot of listening this last year, spending

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Robert D. Ray, 1928-2018

It may well have been one of the best marketing ploys I’d ever come up with–get former Iowa Governor Robert Ray to come out west

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Small Steps at Great Cost

In the seemingly endless parade of things to watch, I want to recommend a recent addition to Netflix: “Churchill’s Secret Agents: The New Recruits.” Originally

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