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Not All Things are Beneficial
Today we welcome guest-blogger, Josh Bode. Josh is minister of the Woodstock Reformed Church, in Woodstock, New York. What happens when we think about the recent Hobby Lobby decision of Supreme Court...
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Eulogy
My father, Eugene Vander Well, died on July 8. Below is the eulogy I offered at his memorial service. If you wish, his obituary may be found here. Someone once told me, “Don’t try to figure yourself...
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The Grace of Doing Nothing
It has been a sad summer, a time of lamentation. But perhaps we grieve not only the brutality and bloodshed. We are also shaken and surprised to see our own powerlessness. For most of us, it was the...
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A Pretty Good Book
A Letter to My Congregation: An evangelical pastor’s path to embracing people who are gay, lesbian and transgender into the company of JesusKen WilsonRead the Spirit Books, 2014 This isn’t a great...
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Ten Incredibly Profound Thoughts
The bane of the internet is that no one ever has a thought she doesn’t share. Your bane today is ten of mine. Maybe one or two will give you pause to ponder, or put a momentary smile on your face. Our...
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Grandma's Baptism
“I’m going to baptize my grandkids this summer!” These were the words of an Elder in my congregation, a grandmother, as she headed out for some vacation with her daughter and grandchildren in a faraway...
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Bringing Mystery Back
You can't tell me there is no mystery It's overflows my cup This feast of beauty can intoxicate Just like the finest wine Come all you stumblers who believe love rules Stand up and let it shine These...
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Sharing of Sufferings
Today we welcome guest blogger Daniel Meeter, the pastor of Old First Reformed Church in Brooklyn, New York. Thanks, Daniel! My personal motto is Philippians 3:10, "I want to know Christ, and the power...
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Green Pastures
A couple months back, I sat in an Iowa pasture with 14,000 others to see Bill and Hillary. Don’t read too much into that. It is more about me being a sucker for spectacle and possible...
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The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Armistice. Marked as the official end of World War I. The origin of Veterans Day in the USA. And I’m a week late for the tributes. I am...
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