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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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The Dust of the Saints

Sacred Heart Parish in Farmington, New Mexico A month ago I wrote about a pilgrimage I was going on. Yes, it was part vacation that

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Mardi Gras

I grew up in a decidedly non-liturgical tradition in the Christian Reformed Church.  In fact, I recently elicited gales of laughter from my colleagues on

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Talitha Cumi

The grieving father decided we were going to have church at his daughter’s funeral last Saturday. Church it was.  I’m no judge of crowds, but

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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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