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Laura de Jong

The Last Laugh

So it’s the last day of the CRC’s synod. Much has been decided, but not everything. As of my uploading this at 10:30 last night,

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The Mountains Are Out

A couple weeks ago I traveled to Kingsfold Retreat Centre with a group of pastors who have gathered once a month this past year, mostly

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Baby J and the Pastor

This weekend I watched the new John Mulaney Netflix comedy special, Baby J. Mulaney’s had an eventful couple of years, and he recounts much of

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Singing Into Something More

I heard recently about an area church that doesn’t sing. They don’t dislike music. There’s still a small band that plays music throughout the service.

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The Cheese Truck

The day of a cheese deliverer starts early in the Netherlands. At 5 a.m., on a quiet July morning twelve years ago, I was in

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Posture Work

Last summer I made quite a few trips between Kitchener and Grand Haven, a five-hour drive. About two hours in I would start to feel

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Curiouser and Curiouser

When I was I college, I lived for three years on the Honors Floor, an intentional living-learning floor in the dorms for students who were,

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Singing to See

Last week at a funeral, the pastor spoke about how we might see God, how we can pay attention to God, in a world full

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Kitty Contentment

I would like the record to state that I am obsessed with the idea of a church dog, and I am very fond of Miss

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