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Heidi S. De Jonge

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Blessed Be the Fruit

My mom started keeping a daily diary on her 13th birthday in 1963. Aside from a gap in the mid-70s, she kept her diary going

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“I am a bow in your hands, Lord”

In his autobiography, the early 20th century Greek philosopher and writer, Nikos Kazantzakis, offers this poetic look into our souls. Three Kinds of Souls Three

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Twisties

Earlier this year, I defended my doctoral thesis at Western Theological Seminary: Truthing in Love: Engaging Conflict with the Disarming Love of God. Someone in

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The Last Sea

This is the fourth in a series of posts about my mom’s death from lung cancer in November of 2020. Click here to read about her last meal, here to

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The Last Conversation

This is the third in a series of posts about my mom’s death from lung cancer in November of 2020. Click here to read about her last

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The Last Question

This is the second in a series of posts about my mom’s death from lung cancer in November of 2020. Click here to read about

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The Last Supper

A couple of years ago, I decided to take time off from blogging for The Twelve so that I could concentrate my creative writing energy

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“Don’t Cry”

Today is World Kindness Day. As I’ve been preparing to write this final blog before taking a year’s break to focus on my doctoral work,

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Safely Gathered In

Reading The Magician’s Nephew last in The Chronicles of Narnia (just after The Last Battle) is a little like reading the book of Genesis last

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