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Jeff Munroe

How Big a Jerk Will Your Reading of the Bible Allow You to Be?

Hermeneutics, the science and art of biblical interpretation, is just that, a science and art. It requires deep thought, and there is a lot of complexity, subtly, and nuance. Because it’s difficult, people of sincere faith reach different conclusions. Engaging in hermeneutics is not for those who want simple answers or desire certainty. If you want those things, you’ve come to the wrong book.

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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 I was hiking on the land of indigenous people who, unlike Westerners, viewed their world as expanding from a single source and marked space and time from their point of origin. The Agua Caliente people were telling me how far I had come from where I had begun. That perspective gave me pause. It is wise counsel, not only on the Murray Canyon trail, but on the trail of life. Always be mindful of the place where you began. 

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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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Clay Libolt

Windows on Mystery: Touch

The New Testament on resurrection is multiple, layered, giving us first one perspective and then another.

Leo Jonker

Sleeping, Waking, and Hope

Lately, my waking has been difficult. The world has changed. I thought I would always feel safe, free, and cared for in Canada, my country.

Heidi S. De Jonge

Awe-Full Friday

What if we took our richest theological gains and counted them but loss? What if we let the vastness of the moment pour contempt on

Hugh Cook

Blessed are the Foot-Washers

After such a majestic buildup, what would we expect to come next? An action of some glory and power worthy of Christ’s universal sovereignty, of

Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell

Suffering Pilates

As a Pilate disliker, I always resented his presence in the creeds. He felt like such an inappropriate presence, a festering sliver, an interloper.

Rebecca Koerselman

In Defense of Hobbies

When I was in graduate school, I wanted to try something new, so I joined a local roller derby team. I loved the opportunity to

Cambria Kaltwasser

Go to Dark Gethsemane

It’s here we reach the pinnacle of Christian doctrine and a hornet’s nest of intra-Christian disputes

Reviews

Jeff Munroe

Holland is a Dud

I’m sorry to say, Holland is a dud, a movie with more plot holes than a piece of Swiss cheese (with no Gouda or Edam

Caleb Lagerwey

How to End Christian Nationalism

Amanda Tyler’s timely new book, How to End Christian Nationalism, is a short and accessible addition to an expanding list of books written by Christians

Poetry

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William D. Howden

Wrapped and Laid

Wrapped and laid beginning and end bloth and cloth birth and death …

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Taylor Mallay

Every Sunday Morning

the phone rings–my grandmother’s voice winds through static, light as the creek curling around her back porch …

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Mark Hiskes

It’s About Us

It’s about us which is an empathy pronoun, replacing her and him and you and it and, praise the Lord, other.

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Margaret DeRitter

Lost Sheep

Seventy-seven pounds of wool on that merino sheep who got lost
in the Outback.

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Patrick T. Reardon

Table

Let the sparrow take a chair at the Juneteenth table with Elijah …

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Michael Zysk

You Said, Let There Be Light

You said, Let there be light, and there was light. And you saw that the light was good …

Podcasts

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Rose Postma

“Manual Labor” by Caroline Liberatore

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Caroline Liberatore about her poem “Manual Labor.” Liberatore is a

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Rose Postma

“Wrapped and Laid” by Bill Howden

In this week’s episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews William D. Howden on his poem “Wrapped and Laid.” Howden

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Rose Postma

“Every Sunday Morning” by Taylor Mallay

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Taylor Mallay about her poem “Every Sunday Morning.” Mallay is a

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Rose Postma

“It’s About Us” by Mark Hiskes

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Mark Hiskes about his poem “It’s About Us.” Hiskes is a

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Margaret DeRitter

“Lost Sheep” by Margaret DeRitter

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Margaret DeRitter about her poem “Lost Sheep.” DeRitter is the

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Patrick T. Reardon

“Table” by Patrick T. Reardon

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Patrick T. Reardon about his poem “Table.” Reardon, who was