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This, Too, Shall Pass

My sister, Tracy, was diagnosed with brain cancer exactly nine months ago. Within weeks of learning that she had a rare brain tumor, called an

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The Body, in Life and in Death

Two weeks ago, I visited the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam, where Rembrandt van Rijn lived, painted, and sold paintings from 1639 to 1658. An

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Do you believe in magic?

I’m not sure exactly when or where I learned it. Was it overt, clearly stated in some book or class? Or did I more intuit

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Shouting in Libraries

My colleague Gary D. Schmidt is an award-winning author of Middle Grade fiction and so speaks all over the country.  He also has connections with

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68 Sundays

“Who are your workers and what do they carry with them emotionally and spiritually into worship?” I frequently ask pastors and worship leaders this question

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Goodbye to the Books

This summer, Calvin University librarians are doing a “collection review.” That means they’re culling the stacks. Apparently, Calvin has never done this before. And since

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Growth – Economic and Otherwise

Each spring, I give a favorite lecture, an homage to a Belgian mathematician, Pierre François Verhulst. In two publications (1838 and 1847), Verhulst argued that

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