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A song without a story

William Jennings Bryan knew how to deliver a speech, a talent he picked it up as a kid and ran with, the youngest man ever

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My Annual Physical

My annual physical is coming up. I’m anticipating the various encouragements and reprimands I might receive from the doctor; my blood pressure is too this

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Will You Help Us?

When the writers or the Board of the Reformed Journal gather, we usually spend a bit of time rehearsing the illustrious and uneven history of

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The Little Church on the Corner

Five years ago, our church didn’t know the difference between a gravamen and a grommet. Today, we’re facing remarkably difficult decisions about our place in

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Just Mercy

Energized discussion was already underway when I walked into my college classroom. Students were talking about the news report. A young man, stone drunk, had

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James McBride

I love the books of James McBride. It started with The Good Lord Bird (2013), the umpteenth telling of the story of John Brown but

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Where Your Two Feet Are

The last couple of years have seen a lot of change for myself and my friends. Some of us have moved, whether thirty minutes down

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