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October 2, 2014
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Essays

Shame, Vulnerability, and Faith

by Sara Gerritsma De Moor
…hy, unvaluable, and unlovable. This is where vulnerability and (Christian) community come in. Vulnerability: What is it, and perhaps more importantly, what is it not? The definition of vulnerability I will be working with is the following, borrowed from Brene Brown’s book Daring Greatly: “Vulnerability is uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.”1 “According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word vulnerability is derived from the Latin word…
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June 27, 2022
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Books

The Now and the Not Yet: A Review of The Art of New Creation

by Justin Ariel Bailey
…ossibilities, and teach us to pay attention. I am thankful for their work, and for the work of others who are listening for resonance with the now-and-not-yet new creation. p. 2  ↩ p. 102-121  ↩ p. 68  ↩ p. 75  ↩…
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December 19, 2014
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Spotlights

Books Your Kids Should Read

by Sioux Center Public Library
…hing out loud at Ruby and her 9 year old antics. The story is tender and oh-so-true – the deep, deep heartache when we lose a loved one and the deep, deep love that can form between family. Grandma is WONDERFUL and her trip to Hawaii is told in letter form which was also endearing. HIGHLY recommend this one – Good Garden of Peas! Dig Deeper Check out the other iAt top book lists featured this month: Top 25 Most Influential Books Read in 2014 Ten G…
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May 9, 2017
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Spirit-Filled Mindfulness Through Lectio Divina

by Shirley Folkerts
…idual practice of lectio divina into the shared space of that upstairs, out-of-the-way classroom. One by one, each person recited the passage and read the prayer they had written as part of their lectio practice that week. Following each prayer, we sat still. There were no discussions, no questions, no explanations of why something was included or excluded in the prayer, and certainly no accolades. The instructor’s gentle “Amen” became the awaited…
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October 17, 2018
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Essays

Not Masters but Stewards of the Earth

by Dave Schelhaas
…hey insist that “earth and its ecosystems . . . are robust, resilient, self-regulating and self-correcting.” From this they conclude that humans interfere in God’s business when they seek to slow down climate change. No human stewardship is required or even permitted in that part of the creation. Representative Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), a graduate of Wheaton College, echoes this belief: “As a Christian, I believe that there is a creator God who is mu…
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February 27, 2015
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Devotions

Lent: Unless I Wash You

by Tara Boer
…eansing process in others. The Message: You are free so that others can be This is not about you or anything you have done or could do. This is about what Jesus has already done for you and what he is going to do through you. How beautiful would it be if we lived in true safety and real fellowship with each other? What if we boldly embraced our hurts and hang-ups? I can’t help but think how strong and solid the body of believers would be if we wer…
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September 2, 2022
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Culture

Top 5: Movies to Watch with Teenagers

by Josh Matthews
…dments; with each movie focusing on one commandment—or does it? Set in late-communist Poland, director Krzystof Kieslowski weaved the particular situation of communist-era Poles with universal questions of morality and how to apply it in thorny, ultra-complex scenarios. Few movies have come close to depicting the confusion and richness of lived experience like The Dekalog.   Dig Deeper If you’d like to check out more movie reviews, follow Josh Mat…
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December 10, 2015
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Sabbath, Sleep and Saying ‘No’ to Busy-ness

by Emily Munger
…continue to revolve without me (and the floor doesn’t really need to be toy-free). I also credit two years spent living on the Pine Ridge Reservation, a place where the rhythm of life allows for ample ways to waste time gracefully. The Lakota culture values being in the moment with others far above efficiency or productivity. This was a true grace for me to experience, and I continue to value finding ways of “wasting time gracefully” in the presen…
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July 19, 2022
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A Place To Start For (Patriotic) Christians: A Review of How To Be a Patriotic Christian

by Meg Jenista
…d present, and in our hope for the future.  One such glimpse of the apostle-poet John’s apocalypse from my own life comes from time spent as an American citizen living abroad. At least once a year in the International Churches of my childhood, we would have a parade of national flags in our sanctuary. People dressed in the traditional regalia of their own country. I contributed a pair of blue jeans and Chuck Taylors, while around me fluttered the…
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April 24, 2018
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Reading in Context: Zacchaeus and the Economics of Salvation

by Benjamin Lappenga
…her trust in Jesus, not because she “repents” ). With this in mind, we are free to notice what the text really says about Zacchaeus. Admittedly, most English translations rob us of the opportunity here because they translate the verbs didōmi (“I give”) and apodidōmi (“I give back”) in 19:8 as if they were in the future tense. They are not future verbs, though, but unambiguously present tense! This makes sense, because Zacchaeus has been seeking Je…
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June 24, 2017
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Devotions

The Pervasive Power of Leaven

by Josh Bootsma
…is often hard for us to determine where we are in timeline of the “already-not-yet,” but at the end of the day, just as we are confident in the fact that just a bit of leaven will leaven the whole lump, we also can have confidence in the fact that Christ will build his kingdom from even the most humble of beginnings. And He will continue to do so until we join Him in glory. So, as we partake in the blueberry-glazed leavened delicacies this world…
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March 13, 2017
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Essays

The Reformation and the Cause of the Gospel

by Richard Mouw
…was a Missouri Synod Lutheran pastor at the time. Over the next decade-and-a-half, he established himself—using First Things, the magazine he founded and edited—as a leading commentator on issues of faith and public life. It was big news, then, when he was received into the Catholic Church in 1990, soon to be ordained as a priest. Neuhaus insisted that he was doing a very Lutheran thing in moving back to Catholicism. The primary reason why Luther…
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November 11, 2017
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Devotions

Seek the Lord While He May Be Found

by Stephanie Kuiper
…ll be vigilant against sin in this life because we will never be fully set free from our struggle with sin until we die or until Christ comes again. In Amos 4, we are being reminded of this truth because we so easily can forget our fallen state and our desperate need for a Savior. God is explaining to His people through this chapter in Amos that he has brought several forms of trial and judgment upon them. Yet, they did not return to Him. Instead,…
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January 23, 2017
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Can We Be Pragmatic and Prophetic in the Age of Trump?

by Donald Roth
…t on the right or left. If losing power in the federal government will kick-start more community involvement for traditionally left-leaning millennials, that’s a good thing. Of course, conservatives need to make sure they’re doing the same, but even if there is a mix of political messages out there, a renewal of the vibrancy of the public square would be a massive step forward for the country. Christians on all sides must be vigilant about politic…
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June 21, 2017
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Essays

America and Syria’s Christians

by Joel Veldkamp
…ear-old Christian community in Idlib was sealed. In Syria’s civil war, half-a-million people have been killed and eleven million have fled their homes. The war is enormously complicated. It confounds politicians and ideologies on all sides, refusing to fit into anyone’s picture of what the world looks like. But for American Christians, perhaps the most confounding thing about Syria is (or should be) that in this war, our government and our Syrian…
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March 15, 2017
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The Reformations and the Genesis of Popular Christian Media

by Scott Culpepper
…sment admit that five centuries of hindsight have proven that democracy in communication opens the playing field to the responsible and irresponsible alike. Religious pamphlet wars and populist scriptural interpretations that sparked energetic European theological debates also helped pave the way for tragedies such as the German Peasants’ War, religious persecutions and inquisitions, the siege of Münster in 1534-35, three centuries of witchcraft t…
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July 8, 2022
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Culture

Top 5: Books to Read Aloud

by Kayt Frisch, Donald Roth, Ruth Clark, Justin Ariel Bailey
…kers of 141st St. (2017) 4. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery – My 10-year-old daughter and I enjoyed reading this together, and, by extension, we find ourselves channeling our inner-“Anne’s” while expressing curiosity and a heightened sense of wonder at our beautiful world. 5. The Hobbit, & Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien – We are currently working our way through these classic books, watching movie clips after a week’s worth of…
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April 29, 2016
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Community Found by Perspective

by Renee Buikema
…ight not actually be comfortable… …but discomfort produces growth, whereas comfort breeds complacency. Being unable to control a situation and unsure if/where you belong are some of the most uncomfortable feelings we can have; yet, more often than not, they are both inevitable in new situations. For months, this is how I felt. The devil shot lies at me that made it hard to press into relationships because they heightened feelings of insecurity, fe…
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September 6, 2017
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Gender & Authority: Finding Doxological Authority in the Church

by April Fiet
…n and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matt. 28:18-20). The disciples were sent out into the world with the authority of Christ. The authority I have in ministry doesn’t come from a denomination, or from a region, or from a local church. These structures have promised to come alongside and support me. These structures have confirmed the c…
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May 22, 2017
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Culture

The Case for Christ

by Josh Matthews
…have seen, which you should not construe as a compliment. The movie is two-thirds drama, one-third apologetics essay. It does not break free of the clichés of the “Christian movie” genre. But if you are looking for some decent shots and decent editing, you could do much worse, such as anything involving the rapture or the afterlife. The artistic problem facing the moviemakers is that Strobel’s book is a series of conversations with Christian scho…
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April 30, 2019
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Essays

More Than Work

by Erik Hoekstra
…k today, always with an eye on the horizon for the Coming King and the Soon-To-Be Kingdom, may we seek a God-centered view of our work and may we do it with a Soli Deo Gloria mindset. And, as artificial intelligence and robotics continue to be developed and our work continues to morph, may we continue to wrestle with these issues of work and leisure and to encourage faithfully the development of the image of God within us. The Road To Freedom, Art…
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November 2, 2018
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Beauty in the Time of Culture Wars: A Review of “Culture Care”

by Kate Henreckson
…Surprised by Hope, N.T. Wright notes that in the postindustrial West, many communities are poverty-stricken and ugly. This can have a dehumanizing effect on those who live in such places. “When people cease to be surrounded by beauty, they cease to hope,” he writes. “They internalize the message of their eyes and ears, the message that whispers that they are not worth very much, that they are in effect less than fully human.” The artist’s role is…
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June 13, 2023
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A Journey Toward Humanity: A Review of Recovering Racists

by Lexi Schnaser
…vering Racists: Dismantling White Supremacy and Reclaiming Our Humanity, I realized I’ve grown complacent in my journey of being a recovering racist. This book reminded me that the journey of justice and liberation is a lifelong one. Idelette McVicker is a white South African woman who grew up during apartheid. This book is the heavy and hopeful story of McVicker’s journey so far as a recovering racist, a journey she says continues every day and w…
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December 18, 2015
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Culture

A Look at the Movies of 2015

by John Vander Stelt
…y didn’t disappoint. It’s a movie that takes place inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl and depicts her emotions as characters. It turns out that the relationship between joy and sadness is at the heart of things. The ability of the folks at Pixar to tell a story in such an amazingly creative way makes me scratch my head and say, “How’d they do that?” Another Pixar wonder that can be enjoyed by young and old alike. Love & Mercy This movie tells…
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May 18, 2018
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Witness Borne and Witness Reborn: Marilynne Robinson’s What Are We Doing Here?

by Myles Werntz
…a quietly declining world, her nonfiction has for several years offered a real-life apologia for the humanities and theology which mirrors the one Ames carries out in rural Iowa. In her most recent volume, What Are We Doing Here?, readers of Robinson’s essays will find many familiar themes, among them the idea of what promise might lie with the Reformed theological tradition for redressing the ills of Western society. This, in and of itself, is n…
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