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Remembering

“Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you…” We are called to remember continually our

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Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to us! It was on October 31, 2011 that The Twelve slipped on to the web, without much fanfare or introduction. The first

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Monsters and Men

  My barber swung the cape around me as I sat in her chair. She looked at me, arms covered in tattoos with scissors in

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Those Worldly Amusements

Along with some other members of the Calvin College and Seminary community, I recently attended the inaugural presentations of the new “Loeks Lectures in Film

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Skeletons in Our Closets

by Rebecca Koerselman I love PBS. I don’t wear tweed, but I do enjoy PBS programming. I suppose that means I contribute to the stereotypes

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Lord, In Your Mercy…

by Liz Niehoff Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayers. What a week it has been. With shootings, deaths, continued uncertainty and periods of wandering

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Confidence Game

by James Bratt Two weeks ago, in his post “Ordinary Dust,” Jason Lief memorably described one of those bad teaching days that every college professor—maybe

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The Beauty of Baseball Part II

For today’s post I simply ask that you click on this link and read a wonderful story about failure and grace. More specifically, it’s a story about a blown call

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