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Zachary K. Pearce

Name(s), Faith, and Prayer

One night, as my grandfather lay there, body-quaking, he suddenly felt a warm sensation throughout his body. He felt drawn to the light, the same

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Mark Hiskes

A Star to Guide Us

What I remember most about Emese, though, was her insistence that our book club read the “greatest book” she’d ever read, The Little Prince. After

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James C. Schaap

Cheating

Heartland Manor, as we like to say, is a grab bag. That’s not very elegant, but it’s what the crew who work there like to

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Dave 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