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Heidi S. De Jonge

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How Can I Keep From Singing?

They just keep singing. In the midst of the shock and devastation, their voices find each other, and they find the songs that they know.

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Never Take More Than Half

When my writing crosses the line into sentimentality, I am taking more than half, by which I mean that I am doing my own emotional

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Received

Praise God that even though specific manifestations of the church will fail us, the body of Christ at fresh times and new places will meet

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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

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Spiegel im Spiegel

Spiegel im Spiegel – German for “Mirrors in the mirror.” An infinity of mirror images repeating themselves. Have you stood in the space between the

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People of the Lie

Each person is a person, capable of both good and evil – which is humbling to think about as we look at our own lives

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Measuring Life in Couches

As I thought about the life span of the couches of decades past, I considered that this upcoming couch might be the second to last

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A Favorite Story

We follow the well-trodden paths of our traditions – candlelight services and caroling, Luke 2 and presents under the tree, Christmas movies and gingerbread houses.

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Breathe and Push

What if this darkness is not the darkness of the tomb but the darkness of the womb?

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