Category: Blog

Memo to Jessica

I wasn’t going to respond to your latest post, about the parochialism of academe (http://assets.reformedjournal.com/jessica-bratt/2014/2/24/doctoral-student-dispatches-part-1.html#comments), figuring that I’d let those who don’t share our surname

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Unbelievers

Got a little soulThe world is a cold, cold place to beWant a little warmthBut who’s going to save a little warmth for me We

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The Worldly Church, Part 2

Two weeks ago, I suggested that the church manifests significant conformity to the world when it is motivated by fear of being tainted by sin

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Home and Away

Twice today, something popped up in my facebook feed that centered on the idea of home. One (which quoted Maya Angelou) focused on the inescapable

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Philosophy & Autobiography

I am no philosopher, nor a philosopher’s son. I am not even a herdsman or nor a dresser of sycamore trees. I refer to myself

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Doctoral student dispatches, Part 1

Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed piece, “Professors, We Need You!,” struck a chord with me last week. I deeply respect Kristof’s work, and I’ve written here before (and

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An American Story

On Saturday, January 2, 1847, a young Senecan named Ha-sa-no-an-da, or Ely Parker, then just 18 years old, visited the U.S. Capitol on a trip

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Imagination

    When I last wrote here on the Twelve, I wondered about the role of play in faith development and becoming disciples of Christ.

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