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Memory

The town is growing, developments sprouting here and there, as what was once a sleepy village becomes more and more suburban Chattanooga. Traffic flows eagerly

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Creation Care is not a…

I was invited into Creation Care ministry about twenty years ago. At the time, something about it felt right, intuitive, urgent even, something essential to

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Running Towards the Resurrection

During Lent, my Bible study considered passages about the disciples in the time leading up to the crucifixion. There was an obvious takeaway: what a

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somebody nobody everybody

Giving advice is easy. There’s something that’s a half bubble off and I have just the right thing to bring balance. I can reach into

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Easter: God’s Ultimate Subversion

As a theology professor, I regularly confront—and help students to confront—God’s hiddenness in history. For all the signs that point to God’s activity in time—Jesus’

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Today, I Weep

My morning commute often takes me by one of the campuses of Family Church, a new, energetic, and growing church in West Michigan. It’s one

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Were You There

Those of us raised in white Christian traditions go to great lengths–from Passion plays to Tenebrae services to silent meditation–to feel the weight of Christ’s

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The Absence of Beauty

I stood in front of the painting long enough that my neck hurt from craning upward, long enough to make the connection that onlookers that

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Disarming Love

It was Palm Sunday evening in the De Jonge house. My husband had had a rough afternoon – navigating online portals in order to send

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