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Jared Ayers

Singing the Story

When our family convenes at table for dinner, we often invite our kids to do the praying. Our daughter’s invocation became a family favorite: “Jesus…Food…Thank

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Timothy Van Deelen

About That Dillard Piece…

I am simply dumbfounded at the power of her imagination, making connections and challenging intuitions and making her readers see.

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Jennifer L. Holberg

Luke’s “Implied Reader”

There’s an old joke that says one of the weirdest things about Jesus was that he was a man who managed to maintain 12 friendships

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Kerin Beauchamp

Finding Home

So, here you are, too foreign for home, too foreign for here. Never enough for both.  — Ijeoma Umebinyuo  Leaving home  Home is everywhere and nowhere. The last few

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Hannah Notess

When Poetry Cross-Pollinates

I look for poems with clear language and vivid imagery. I enjoy poems that indicate their writer paid close attention to their words for both

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Trey Tirpak

A Hole in Our Holy Week

We’re missing out on a profound pastoral gift for those who find themselves in a wilderness of grief, in-betweenness or a living hell.

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Dana VanderLugt

No Circles Needed: God-Light & Dolly

She was genuine in her outlandishness. Her appearance wasn’t a way to cover up or hide — it was a way to be herself.

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Nathan Groenewold

Ten Reflections from a New Dad

While we are in this blurriest of parenthood moments, I’m writing down what I want to remember.

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Heidi S. De Jonge

Are People Doing the Best They Can?

Part of me believes we’re all doing the best we can. But there’s another part of me that feels deeply unsatisfied with this sentiment.

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Jeff Munroe

Hey, Evangelicals, You Did This!

We should be screaming from the rooftops. Without guardrails, the leaders of AI companies say there is a 10% chance AI will destroy humanity by