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Dinah and #MeToo

By Bill White Dinah had no voice. An entire chapter of scripture tells her story, but not one word is attributed to her in the

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The Shape of Graduation

The Shape of Water won the Oscar for best film last February. It tells the story of a mute woman who falls in love with

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That of God

The room is quiet when I enter. A circle of chairs around a plain table, flowers and a few books in the center. Perhaps thirty

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Touched

I read Kate Bowler’s memoir, Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I’ve Loved, in two sittings last week. I want to read it

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Say, Was That, Like, A Sermon?

This past Saturday I was pretty busy, participating in the Commencement for Calvin Theological Seminary late-morning and then attending the Calvin College Commencement in the

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Evacuating Jerusalem

By Bill White Today, Pentecost Sunday, we often say we are celebrating the birth of the church. But as we celebrate, perhaps we can also

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Growing Into Pentecost

By James Bratt When I was a kid, I never got the big deal about Pentecost. For one, it didn’t come along with any special

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