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January 4, 2016
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The Fastest Growing Crime

by Aubrey Pasker
…hind the traffickers’ lies. When individuals use their voice to share the facts, lives are saved. The fight against human trafficking is not restricted to dark streets and back allies. Rather, it starts with each of us, standing as advocates and raising awareness in our own communities. As the number of advocates grows, so does the span of awareness. There are 27 million slaves in the world today, living behind bars and beneath threats. We are all…
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November 28, 2016
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Gratitude List

by Marta Vander Top
…, sometimes they are big things and sometimes they are small things. A few examples are: #47 – Yoga with my roommate #158 – Fireflies at Inspiration Hills #346 – Time alone in the worship arts room #472 – My little sister’s laugh #762 – Coffee at the Fruited Plain #848 – Stained glass windows in Dutch cathedrals #1227 – The way the light dances in communion cups #1514 – Praying with my best friend before her wedding #1679 – Mountains #1705 – Subwa…
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October 17, 2018
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Not Masters but Stewards of the Earth

by Dave Schelhaas
…energy and desperately need economic growth to rise out of poverty and overcome its miseries.” The Cornwall Alliance is so committed to dominion and development that they believe wildness and wilderness to be undesirable. Subduing and cultivating, they say, should always be the goal. For example, one of the stated principles in the Cornwall Alliance website reads as follows: “We deny that godly human dominion entails humans being servants rather t…
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October 6, 2017
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History in a Historyless Place    

by John Wilsey
…hile the inmate community of students at Darrington is not independent and free to the extent of the New England communities that Tocqueville visited in the 1830s, the differences between them are mitigated by elements essential to the program. One of those essential elements is the teaching of history. For example, I taught four history courses: Western Civilization, History of Philosophy, American Cultural Issues, and Principles of American Poli…
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April 4, 2017
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Once the Living Dead, Now Made Alive in Christ

by Jessica Evangeline Setiawan
…true living is not a matter of carrying out religious laws. His eyes were opened to the ultimate good news of the gospel: Grace is a gift of God through faith in his son, Jesus Christ. Interestingly, now that we have been set free, God still doesn’t demand of us to carry out good works. He only demanded of us to love Him. Why does the Lord want our heart instead of the labors of our hands? Have you ever been in love, or seen someone in love? A ma…
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February 5, 2016
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Loving God With Our Bodies

by Chad Hanson
…voice and the notes changing in a hymn, so the richness of each hymn has become greater for me. 6. Want to talk about it?: The Great Commission in Matt 28:19 speaks of going to all the nations and making disciples. We are required to share our faith with words. We are required to proclaim the name of Jesus to anyone who will listen. “But I don’t know how to do it or what to say.” Simply put, you start with humility and honesty and prayer. Feel fre…
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February 3, 2022
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The Intentionality of Dinner

by Ana Timmer
…out for the good and profit of himself rather than the flourishing of the community. Part of helping the community flourish is being distinctive in the choices we make about how we eat dinner.  The way I eat has changed since I began working at The Cornucopia, a local and sustainable vegetable farm near my hometown, five years ago. It’s not only because I discovered a whole new set of ingredients I never knew existed, like red kale (which I can h…
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December 10, 2015
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Sabbath, Sleep and Saying ‘No’ to Busy-ness

by Emily Munger
…ings “Godly,” including maintaining the Sabbath. After all, it’s in the 10 commandments! For many years, I allowed guilt to define my relationship with the Sabbath; no more, however, thanks in part to a course I took in seminary called Sleep, Surrender, Sabbath. I hope to offer a few ideas for others who find themselves overwhelmed (and feeling guilty) with the reality of a lifestyle rhythm that is unpredictable and not conducive to what has tradi…
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February 13, 2017
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Commandments in Chief

by Abigail Rusert
…ical text. We base this interpretive emphasis on several things: • The Ten Commandments: Are given twice in the Old Testament (Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 5). • The Ten Commandments: Are given directly by the Lord to the people, and written “with the finger of God” (Exodus 31:18). • The Ten Commandments: Are the first utterance of the law—the first pieces of legal material presented to God’s people in the Biblical text, from which other statues and ord…
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August 7, 2017
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The Main Character

by Shelbi Gesch
…ut the intersection of lives. It’s about God’s hand weaving my life into a community of others. It’s about becoming aware of the meaning in the mundane and the blessing of being able to pass those moments of clarity and joy on. Good memoir, I remembered, is always about bringing the reader to a place where they can read along and say to themselves, “Me, too!” Good stories make us feel less alone in the world. That lack of self-focus struck me whil…
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April 22, 2015
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Testimony: Being a Minority at Dordt

by Harry Lee
…ents here, I left the nest of my family for college. Dordt College and the community of Sioux Center was quite the warm welcome for me. Out of my worries, the people were extra-friendly–a lot more than I expected. No angry car drivers; no late-night dangers or threats; no other significant discriminations to speak of in detail. I mean, you say “Hi” to almost every stranger you pass by; vivid smiles are a common display on people’s faces–that is, e…
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August 9, 2017
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Discipleship and Narrative Metaphor

by Donald Roth
…are Living Stories In thinking about which dimensions of meaning are most compelling to us, those that have a sense of causation, purpose, or direction take center stage. According to Steven Pinker, causation and intent are fundamental ways that we see the world.1 Clinical psychologist Jonathan Adler takes this further by saying “the default mode of human cognition is a narrative mode.” As a simple illustration, think of a character on a TV show…
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February 17, 2017
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Teachers in Snow Boots

by Sandra Summers
…ition (it is in fact, the longest Psalm). Recently, however, Psalm 119 has come to be appreciated as poetic expression, with intentional and complex structure. Do you remember in elementary school making acrostic poems? Often using your first name, the teacher would invite you to describe yourself using the letters of your name. Psalm 119 is an acrostic with the Hebrew alphabet. We do not know exactly why the Psalmist made this choice – was it to…
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May 12, 2020
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Our Fiscal Policy Response to the COVID Crisis

by John Visser
…coupled with new evidence that government was willing to bail out private companies led companies to pile on cheap debt and repurchase stock, encouraging a stock market bubble. Debt was never lowered, it just shifted it from one sector to another. Now the government is saddled with debt when the prospects for the economic growth needed to pay down that debt look more unlikely than ever, in part because debt-laden rescue programs prevent the rebal…
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August 11, 2017
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Righteousness and Peace

by James Calvin Schaap
…ely never darken their front door again. First-hand reports claim Benny protested with such admirable grace that the other elders determined he would be best to visit with the young lady and convey the consistory’s disapproval. Benny’s soft answers had quelled the others’ wrath, but not the ardor of their righteousness. Despite his own views, Benny accepted the mission because he considered the consistory an agency of the Holy Spirit. He could hav…
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September 22, 2016
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Good and Full

by Caleb Schut
…uld trust in Jesus rather than in my own ability to sustain my faith was a freedom that I had never experienced. It was a freedom that would carry me through my fears and doubts. My internal contradictions had led me out of my depth to a place where my own spiritual habits and self-assurance could no longer suffice. In the throes of my panic, my years of Christian education at Hope College and Western Theological Seminary, all of the answers I had…
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April 21, 2017
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Every Story Matters

by Chelsea Maxwell
…ly basis, I am reminded of the world’s depravity as I am inserted into our community’s darkest places. I am also a witness to its restoration. Some days, I have to search harder than others, but it’s always there. In the midst of the world’s deep brokenness, there is a profound strength. This acknowledgment is not an excuse to be passive in the midst of injustice, but a reminder of our calling to step into the places of hurt and brokenness with op…
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September 4, 2014
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A Template for Posts

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This is a suggested template that should be treated as a conceptual model open to revision as the site develops. The chart below shows the main post categories used on inallthings.org and how they should function as genres. Authors submitting material for posts will provide better work if they understand what is expected of them. This is what appears in the lefthand column. Editors preparing posts for publication will need to mind the presentatio…
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January 19, 2017
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Beers and Carols

by Caleb Schut
…I want to see them. I want to be a part of them. I want to be expecting them like Simeon and Anna sitting on the temple steps, never giving up hope that the incarnation of God’s Spirit would yet come. I want to jog people’s memories so that they stand with their eyes open in the midst of the church, remembering a forgotten God who has never forgotten them….
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December 27, 2017
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Taking Off Our Armor

by Dawn Berkelaar
…oundaries, and engagement.”5 Toward that end, consider the following: Self-compassion combats perfectionism. Brown comments, “…if we want freedom from perfectionism, we have to make the long journey from ‘What will people think?’ to ‘I am enough.’”6 One way to do this is to cultivate self-compassion: be kind to yourself; recognize that others struggle, too, and be mindful—acknowledge painful feelings without letting them take over. Accepting that…
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March 28, 2016
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How to Talk to Your Kids About Terrorism

by Josh Koedam
…rnadoes. Officers trained by the ALICE Training Institute are training the community on the options of Lockdown, Counter, and Evacuate. A common question asked by attendees of ALICE courses is, “How do we address the topic of violent intruders to our children?” My answer to the question is simple, “talk to them about it.” I give a simple answer, but I understand it is no easy task. Some research on the question brought me to Mental Health America,…
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December 18, 2018
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Advent Joy: The Joy of the Incarnation is in Tents

by Howard Schaap
…nt-living. In the midst of the 18-verse, largely abstract meanderings that open the Gospel of John, we get only a few specific images rather than a story. One of those images comes in verse 14: “The Word became flesh,” John writes, “and made his dwelling among us.” I’m not a biblical scholar, but famously the emphasis in the verse is on a makeshift dwelling, literally, “The Word became flesh and tabernacled”—or, for North American minds—“pitched h…
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November 30, 2016
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You’ve Got to be Kidding Me!

by Roy Berkenbosch
…ll bear children to love and nourish. The names of women who serve as such examples come rushing to mind: Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth—indeed, the whole nation of Israel. This image is what Isaiah 54 has particularly in mind: the whole of the people of Israel—whom God had ‘divorced’ in exile—now being welcomed home, revived, embraced, cherished, and given good reason for hope now that her future has been made available to her once again. As I read Isa…
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December 20, 2018
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Christmas Songs: Why That Tune?

by Karen A. DeMol
…nce, is “St. George’s Windsor,” associated with thanksgiving for harvest (“Come, you thankful people, come; raise the song of harvest home”) (Psalms for All Seasons 65E). And a tune option for Psalm 126, which speaks of the Israelites being brought back from exile, is the plaintive American folk tune, “I am a poor wayfaring stranger” (Psalms for All Seasons 126A). When encountering these songs in worship, we could casually note the new use of the…
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October 27, 2018
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Friendship and the Power of Holiness

by Aimee Byrd
…along with a biblical model to shape how it is done. But the minority dissenters have loud voices. Some boldly wrote critical reviews before the book was published. It is ironic that writing a book about friendship has earned me some enemies. Some have gone to the lengths to open anonymous social media accounts to mock me, assign evil motives to my work, and caution others about the danger of reading my book. Interestingly, the critique has scarc…
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