Category: Blog

Every common bush afire

I’m very much looking forward to Thanksgiving next week.  It’s definitely my favorite holiday, hands-down.  Of course, I love the food (and the break from

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Go Ask the Kingdom

The Kingdom of God There is hardly a more powerful phrase or image in all of scripture. It stirs me, stretches my imagination, fills me

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Moral Injury

A week ago was Veterans Day, an occasion to honor and thank those who’ve served in our armed forces. Along with showing our gratitude, however,

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Love Reality

Yesterday the staff of the Chimes, Calvin College’s student newspaper, released their weekly issue with a special insert called “Listen First.” In this feature, eight

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Edward Curtis and Brother Andrew

Somewhere around the turn of the century, Andrew Vander Wagon, who was never an officially licensed pastor but became one anyway, determined to build a

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Peace of Christ Be With You

Are you for peace? Do you like peace? So what? Seems like rather silly questions. If you’re reading this, whatever brings you to The Twelve

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Poetry

On a long commute home on the A train, I recently finished Marilyn Chandler McEntyre’s book Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies. Have you

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Stubborn Evils

Our daughter’s semester abroad this Fall gave my wife and me the opportunity last week to visit the country of Hungary and specifically the wonderful

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Is Mary Jane Coming to Church?

Three cities in my home state of Michigan decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana in last week’s elections (following the earlier lead of several

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