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Invisible

Growing up, I remember debating with friends which superpower we would want. Superhuman strength to bend steel? X-ray vision to see through walls? To be

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Is the Bible Tone-Deaf?

No, it’s not fair to measure the New Testament “healing narratives” against contemporary standards like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), but it can be

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A Jesus Freak Kind of Conservative

A progressive friend of mine asked me recently what it means to me that I’m labeled as a conservative evangelical. With slight tongue-in-cheek, he especially

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The Problem of Good

This weekend I had the delight of hosting Jeff Munroe at my church. It was great fun for me, this connection of two places I’ve

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Jerry and Betty

Hiking is great but not all hikes are the same. Hiking with the returning swans and eagles in Millennium Park near Grand Rapids, Michigan is

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The Embodied Sermon

Recently my wife and I were among just over 15,000 people in West Michigan who took in one of the six Grand Rapids performances of

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The Right to Earn

If it is spring in the Midwest, it will be windy. Ann Marie Riebe lived in the Great Plains of North Dakota. In the 1930s

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“I Want to See Again”

(Overheard near the outskirts of Jericho.) “What’s going on up there?” “It’s a mob coming this way—a bunch of people I don’t recognize.” “It’s a

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