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A Little Boy from Riverdale
Of course, we never met. Bob is three years older than I am, closer to my sister’s age. He went to Catholic school.

A Book and Author Straight Outta Paterson
Garret Keizer is one of America’s great creative non-fiction writers, who, like so many great writers, toils away in relative anonymity. His work has appeared

Life Finds a Way – Rhubarb’s Scattered Seeds
The annoying part about growing rhubarb? Only a few weeks after the plant begins to grow in the spring, it expends a tremendous amount of

Catechism in Cook’s Meadow
Shedding some of these formal structures for the spiritual formation of my children has become a radical invitation to trust the Spirit’s guidance in my

The Cereal Aisle, Church Aisles, and Better Than
It’s no longer enough to simply say, “I’m a Christian.” We feel compelled to attach more labels: conservative/progressive, Calvinist/Arminian, premillennial/amillennial,

Let the Land Lie Unplowed
We continue to work the soil in the same way, insisting it produce. We churn it up and plant our “this is how we’ve always

The Brilliance of Bird Brains
The female came from the ocean shores of South Carolina, and the male came from Florida. Some of our birds come from the shores of

Crossing To. . . .
What of the children and grandchildren who might, in fewer years than we liked to imagine, be burdened by our leaky faucets and slips in

A Reformed Journal Guide to the World Cup
It’s all about having eyes to see: The tiniest flick of a heel that can unlock a stalemate and send a stadium erupting.

Life Finds a Way
At the very end of the fence, he found a solitary milkweed plant. The plant was a pale yellow color and leggy because it had

Behold the Bivalves: An Appreciation
I wonder if communities of faith might learn a thing or two from oysters.

Learning Under the Auguries of War
My Dad marched off the Calvin College graduation stage in June 1941 into the waiting arms of Uncle Sam’s army.