Category: Blog

Remember

by Meg Jenista “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and

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Lifeline

  Once upon a time, right here where I’m sitting, Holland Township, Sioux County, Iowa, got sectioned into homesteads by a gang of Hollanders up

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Plant a Tree

There is a quote that has widely been attributed to the church reformer, Martin Luther: “If I knew that tomorrow was the end of the

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Restless Discomfort

Nepal, Baltimore, Chile, and Bali. There is much pain in the news these days. In regards to Baltimore, I know many people of good conscience

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Church Cases

A while ago here on The Twelve I mentioned Oral Comprehensive Exams at Calvin Seminary.  Well, now we are near the end of the semester

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Making Value Judgments

by Rebecca Koerselman Teaching history requires me to walk a fine line between understanding and judgment. On the one hand, I want my students to

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Enough

by Meg Jenista “Moses said to them, ‘This is what the Lord commanded: “Tomorrow is to be a day of Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath

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