Blog The Arms of Love Our arms are not only potential weapons; they are also potential instruments of love and embrace.Heidi S. De JongeMay 5, 2023
Blog Disarming Love The miracle of disarming love is the miracle of open-handed, unarmored vulnerability in the presence of those you love. And…Heidi S. De JongeApril 7, 2023
Blog Survival of the Kindest A chimpanzee named Mahale gave birth to a son in the middle of last November. Kucheza was born via c-section…Heidi S. De JongeMarch 10, 2023
Blog Many Ways How do we organize ourselves in the midst of crisis? How do we honour the multiple callings on our lives…Heidi S. De JongeFebruary 10, 2023
Blog Hard Pressed Hard pressing is how wine is made! When a vintner presses the grapes for wine, they must be careful not…Heidi S. De JongeJanuary 13, 2023
Blog What if Everything Changes? In this very moment, everything is changing. The challenge and the call is to inhabit this time. I mustn’t be…Heidi S. De JongeDecember 16, 2022
Blog Something’s Gotta Give Someone’s gotta give. . .in order to kindle conversations that help us find a way between and through and above…Heidi S. De JongeNovember 28, 2022
Blog A Call Away Usually when we are being called away from something it is because we are being called to something else. But…Heidi S. De JongeNovember 11, 2022
Blog Pastors are People Who Stay “Pastors are people who stay.” My husband recently attended the CRC chaplains’ conference in Grand Rapids and Professor Danjuma Gibson…Heidi S. De JongeOctober 7, 2022
Blog Leaving (and Returning) I am heading into a big transition. In a few weeks, I will preach my final sermon in the church…Heidi S. De JongeSeptember 9, 2022