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God Makes the Growth

During the cold, winter-weary days of early March I usually start to daydream about flowers. I think of the first tender, pink tulips of spring,

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Survival of the Kindest

A chimpanzee named Mahale gave birth to a son in the middle of last November. Kucheza was born via c-section at the Sedgwick County Zoo

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Posture Work

Last summer I made quite a few trips between Kitchener and Grand Haven, a five-hour drive. About two hours in I would start to feel

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God in the Mess

I worry that our discipleship groups, catechism classes, and sermons teach us how to defend a God who needs no defense. Our faith prioritizes being

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Hearts and Minds

The MDiv senior students in my two sections of the Capstone Integrative Seminar are gearing up to take their Oral Comprehensive Exams next week and

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This Other Eden

Listening to a book review podcast recently, I was intrigued by the title of a new book called This Other Eden. I have no idea

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Yancey on and at Grace

I read Philip Yancey’s What’s So Amazing About Grace? during a three-week stint I spent in Amsterdam. The end punctuation may well make the question rhetorical because

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