Category: Blog

Funeral Women

Small-town church life in the upper Midwest means that we do funerals—quite a few. Iowa, for instance, is among the most elderly states in the

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Rev. James Seawood

The baptism of Jesus was the central motif yesterday, as far as the liturgical calendar of the church year goes. I found myself reflecting quite

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Get Out Much?

A “polar vortex” descended upon us here in Michigan at the tail end of the holiday break, extending school vacations by a few days and

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The Christian Reformed mission at Zuni pueblo, New Mexico, in the 1920s   “Depression times made return to Zuni unlikely,” Casey Kuipers wrote on papers

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Living Theology

I am not interested in just thinking about theology. I am interested in living theology. The first time someone captured my attention about this idea

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Can’t you read the Signs?

I’m a sucker for highway signs.  Wall Drug, Ruby Falls, Mail Pouch, Burma Shave . . . a well done sign says something significant in

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On Becoming Generously Reformed

Today we welcome guest blogger Chuck DeGroat. Chuck teaches counseling and pastoral care at Western Theological Seminary, in Holland, Michigan. He co-founded Newbigin House of

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