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Tom Boogaart

Tears and the River of Life

The God of the scriptures does not have a heart of steel; God has a heart of flesh, a bleeding heart, and God has eyes that weep. The love of God opens the heart of God to the world, and binds God to the beloved world and its creatures.

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David Landegent

Drawing 101

While many art classes were designed to enhance creativity, this drawing class mostly helped us learn to draw realistically and accurately. I enjoyed this extended period of drawing, but I also learned something valuable about my faith, for that class has become for me an extended metaphor for doing theology.

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Roger Nelson

Lucky

We live in the tension of God’s sovereignty and terrible things happening. We live in the mystery of God’s unfolding plan for creation’s salvation and

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Colin Hoogerwerf

Finding the Heart of COP29

Baku is a city of 2.5 million people, halfway around the world from my home in Michigan. What would my knowledge of tree names in

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Zachary K. Pearce

Present in Every Season

Most days I walk the loop through the cemetery of the First Reformed Church in Pompton Plains, N.J., where my wife Stacey is the Co-Pastor.

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Dave Larsen

Alf’s Story: An Advent Meditation

On a Damascus Road of sorts, seeing beyond the proof text, I’m able to say to myself and anyone who’ll listen, “Yes, really!” Come cancer,

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Doug Brouwer

Paul McCartney and Me

Aging and retirement are distinct concepts, of course, but they frequently intersect. For clarity’s sake, let’s agree that aging is a natural biological process that

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Kathryn Vilela

Well-Watered

I loved science fair projects when I was a kid. Everything about them was appealing.

Jane Plantinga Pauw

Burundi Bound

We were able to track down several close relatives of our church members. They were overjoyed to receive recent pictures of their loved ones.

David A. Hoekema

When the Door Slammed Shut

Heraldo’s parents and two-year-old brother had arrived in Nogales, Sonora, a few days earlier, two months after fleeing their village in Venezuela.

Dave Larsen

Come on Down

Time stood still as the procession, most dressed in their Sunday best, split in all directions at the leading of counselors eager to pray with

Dana VanderLugt

Walking Away

If really want to embrace the upside economy of the Kingdom of God, how might I surrender the kind of self-importance that believes I can

Marilyn McEntyre

Being Prepared

How often has any of us heard someone, bemused, say aloud, “I didn’t know I had it in me.”

Rebecca Koerselman

Blood Sport

It is illegal, now, but historically, blood sports were very popular. By definition, blood sports include activities that inflict serious injuries, pain, or death as

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Kathryn Schoon-Tanis

For Our Daughters  

While this film doesn’t trace how segments of the church ended up with a culture of toxic masculinity and prevalent sexual abuse (there are resources

Wes Granberg-Michaelson

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.

. . . the movie presents Bonhoeffer’s overall witness and life in public theaters across the country to many thousands who may have barely known

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Sarah M. Wells

Jesus, Son of Gop

On the night he was supposed to be betrayed, Jesus strapped on a Glock under his cloak, just in case the breastplate of righteousness didn’t

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Andrew Lansdown

Blessed

Unnoticed except by their Maker, my wife and me–a dozen sparrows blissful at their ablutions …

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Zoie Jones

Near Death

We drove nails into His wrists, air reeking of animal remains and criminal bodies piled next to the horse trough …

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Abigail Carroll

Make a Joyful Noise

meaning click tongue when crossing the street for joy of having legs …

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Dave Warners

November Cold

Ice crusted sheets over November puddles bespeak more of the future than this cold day …

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James Ryan Lee

5th Commandment

Among the earliest of sins …

Podcasts

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“Life Beneath” by Matthew Pullar

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Matthew Pullar about his poem “Life Beneath.” Pullar is a poet

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“Jesus Son of Gop” by Sarah M. Wells

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with ⁠Sarah M. Wells⁠ about her poem “Jesus Son of GOP.” is the

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“Near Death” by Zoie Jones

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with Zoie Jones about her poem “Near Death.” Jones lives

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“Make A Joyful Noise” by Abigail Carroll

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with Abigail Carroll about her poem “Make A Joyful Noise.”

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“November Cold” by Dave Warners

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal, Rose Postma interviews Dave Warners about his poem “November Cold.” Beginning in 1997, Warners

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“5th Commandment” by James Ryan Lee

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews James Ryan Lee about his poem “5th commandment.” Lee received