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Laura de Jong

Ode to Joy

About a month ago I got to experience something pretty close to magic. I was one of eighty or so Chorus Niagara choristers standing behind

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The Day After

So. I think it was last Monday when I realized I’d be posting a blog on the last day of the CRC’s Synod. Which meant,

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Pond Contours

I’ve been wondering about unity lately. No surprise there – I’m sure many of us are thinking about unity as this year’s CRC Synod draws

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Trilliums

There are trilliums by the creek behind my house.White trinities of soft joy in the evening light,scattered across the hillside that acts as boundary between

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Wild Geese

With thanks to my co-pastor, Tom Bomhof, whose excellent devotions for a congregational meeting a couple weeks ago prompted the thinking for this blog. I

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Capacious

Well hello, dear readers. It’s good to be back amongst you. In December I asked for a two month break from writing as my house

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Resident Aliens

Today I’m crossing the Blue Water Bridge for the last time as a visitor to Canada. I’ve made this trip probably fifty to sixty times

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What Language Shall I Borrow?

Like many pastors and church leaders across the country who took advantage of a too-good-to-be-passed-up gift from Crossway Publishing (158 books for free!), I’m leading

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