Category: Blog

Mysteries

According to CNN, the satellite data related to the missing Malaysian airliner is to be released today in a 50-page document.  The media, family members,

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American Cheese

Due to the subtleties of the calendar, I always get Memorial Day on The 12.  I have posted solemn Memorial Day reflections in the past

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Remembering the Great War

This year being the centennial of the outbreak of World War I, I’m going to be posting reflections from time to time about books new

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The In-Between Spaces

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:35 A former colleague once told me

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When They Were Satisfied . . .

Mary Vanden Berg, a professor of systematic theology at Calvin Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is filling in while Theresa Latini is away on maternity

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Nouns and Verbs

Today’s blog will be my last until September, so I’m pleased to introduce to you my replacement for the summer: Sarina Gruver Moore.  With an

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Tulip Time & God

Is no theology preferable to bad theology? In my town, Pella, Iowa, Tulip Time was almost three weeks ago. The tulips weren’t quite ready, but

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Advice Season

My fellow academics sometimes complain about having to attend commencement ceremonies every spring, but I don’t mind sitting through them. I appreciate the opportunity to

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