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Timothy Van Deelen

Nemesis Bird

Birders speak of “nemesis birds,” birds that one, by rights, should have seen given their efforts and outings, but birds that evade them nonetheless. Often

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Jonathan Hiskes

Young Men and Women Off to War

I’m not sure what our boys took away as they fidgeted beside me. But I wonder if the most important words we read are “we”

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Justin Meyers

Preemptive Love

Christians in the US must recognize that to my Muslim neighbors whether we do or do not support our government’s violent actions is a key

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James Bratt

Shanghai to Lioessens

it can be a relief to trace the track of little people who go on to great if often unremarked things. And it can be

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Tom Walcott

On Behalf of a Grateful Nation

For me, this conflict feels personal. I pray for the chaplains who will knock on a door, and then try to say something when a

“This rather ridiculous performance”

My minister is currently preaching a sermon series for Lent on “sabbath,” encouraging us to think both theologically and practically about cultivating hearts and habits

When the River Turned to Ash

We’re talking about a tidal wave of gray sludge — the byproduct of burning coal — filled with arsenic, lead, and even radioactive material.

Lukewarm in a Burning World?

After the disruptions of Covid and denominational disaffiliation, how do I help a fragile church community hold together?