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Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell

Finally, Succeeding at Advent

I think this might be the first Christmas where I’m truly doing only the things I want to do. That sounds dangerously selfish. But it

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Jeff Munroe

Pluribus and the Upside of Sin

Pluribus is the most morally interesting show since Breaking Bad and its sequel Better Call Saul. What these shows have in common is Vince Gilligan,

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Allison Vander Broek

Good Inside

Assume the best in ourselves and in others and get curious. Aim to connect rather than convince!

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Dana VanderLugt

The Surprise of Light

I crawled under the plastic branches to discover I had rotated the tree so enthusiastically that I’d pulled the light cord taut enough to rip

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Doug Vrieland

All is Not Fair in Love and War

I often rode Navy frigates along the Pacific coast of Central America that fell under Coast Guard authority for counter-drug operations.

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Jane Zwart

As if birth were not risky

We tell the story sentimentally. And, sentimentally, we call you Prince of Peace. Sentimentally—even though you were born to a world that crucified you and

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Daniel Meeter

Telling Lies in Brooklyn

I went inside and told the officer behind the window that I was lost. That was the first lie.