Category: Blog

Benediction

  On a plane, I’m a reader not a talker. In fact, I rather resent jabberers, warm-hearted folks, I’m sure, who make it their mission

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The Mind’s Extremity

    I often look to honor the words of women in my personal prayers and within my congregational prayers. Too often women’s words are

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Churchward Turns

Understandably enough, the world’s attention last week centered on Rome and the elevation of a new pope.  Shoot, I’m not even Catholic and I had

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Dorks R Us

I couldn’t resist buying this album when I saw it for sale in a used bookstore in Cadillac, Michigan last week. The fact it cost

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Which Francis?

It’s a challenge following Theresa Latini on this blog. Yesterday, again, she knocked one out of the park on a matter near and dear to

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The Listening God

Over the years I’ve encountered students who are adamantly convinced that pastoral care begins and ends with God’s word.  If by this they meant Jesus

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Salvation by Malarky

Today’s guest post for Jessica Bratt comes from Mark Roeda, pastor of South Bend Christian Reformed Church. The first season of Louie contains an episode

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