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human spirituality

A few years back, every so often, I would sneak over to Oskaloosa, Iowa to worship at a small Episcopal church. I always joke that

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What Peace Is Not

Today we welcome a guest blogger to The Twelve: Mara Joy Norden. She pastors an RCA congregation called The Community in Ada, MI with her

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Solviture ambulando

For many years, I walked my dog pretty much every day with one of my closest friends and her dog.  In every season.  No matter

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Syria, Aquinas, Augustine, and Just War

When Christians are asked to evaluate the ethics of war, “just war theory”—that a war is justified— quickly enters the conversation. Here I offer some

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A prayer for Syria

Just after New Year’s Day this past January, while I was back in Grand Rapids, I walked past a reporter lady from the East Grand

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Launching

I would like to thank faithful readers of The Twelve blog for supporting this little venture, and I do hope you continue to enjoy our

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 It arrived in the mail, a gift from my wife’s cousin, who found it while sifting through their aunt’s keepsakes–a bulletin from the First Christian

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Shanah Tova!

I like a clean desk, and today is a clean desk kind of day. A day when you take all the piles—the books and folders

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