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David Larsen

Welcome to Green Street

This summer, the summer of 1962, was different. This was the summer of the n-word. It was spoken often, not only on Green Street, but

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Wes Granberg-Michaelson

What Pope Francis Wanted to Change

Beneath all he modeled and accomplished, Francis was trying to change the culture of the Vatican, and of the complex structures, institutions, and patterns of

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Brandon Haan

A (Truly)Confessional Church?

When the debate over human sexuality in the CRC picked up and Heidelberg Catechism Question and Answer 108 provided a mechanism to single out and

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Tom Boogaart

Moving Forward Looking Backward

I couldn’t make sense of the signage. The further I walked up the trail, the further I was from the end. Then I realized that

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Caroline J. Simon

In the Overlap: A Short Story

I have no idea how to be a decent soon-to-be-former-mother-in-law. My local library has no self-help books on the topic. I find no such books

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Don Tamminga

A Lesson Never Learned

Because synod has left no space for other opinions, the end result is going to be disaffiliation. The fact that our congregation was even in

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Rebecca Tellinghuisen

Remember to Take and Eat

I wonder if I kept that cup of July 2023 yogurt because I was savoring a memory or because I was fearing loss. But there