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Memo to Jessica, Part II

(Read Part I of the memo here. Read Jessica’s original post here. And yes, they’re related–Jim is Jessica’s uncle.) Hi Jessica: Your follow-up dispatch on grad

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The Worldly Church, Part 3

My past two blog posts have tried to recast the church’s ministry in terms of worldliness. On the one hand, there’s a kind of worldliness

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Based on a True Story

Last November I wrote here about a fabulous movie that told the little-known story of a number of the best back-up singers in the music

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Communion of Dust

At church my family always sits on the side over by the musicians. Church-going people fall into habits like that, sometimes for no particular reason.

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Theology at Sunday dinner

It was a while ago now, four short years, counting like a grandparent. I finished with opening prayer at a Sunday dinner, and Pieter, our

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Journeys of Faith Together

Watching the Olympics in the last month has brought me back to ten years ago when I had the amazing opportunity to travel to the

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