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2016-05-15T21:27:27-05:00

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At The Intersection Of Time & Eternity: Pentecost

Last updated on: May 15, 2016 at 9:27 pm By Michelle Van Loon

He told them to wait. Wait for who? Every time I read the account of the first Pentecost, I’m struck by the fact that Jesus’ followers had no clear picture of exactly who or what they were waiting for. But the risen Messiah told them to wait, so that’s exactly what they did. On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which... Read more

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2016-05-09T15:27:06-05:00

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In Search Of Mercy

Last updated on: May 9, 2016 at 3:27 pm By Michelle Van Loon

Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men–robbers, evildoers, adulterers–or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God,... Read more

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2016-05-02T11:29:01-05:00

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Post-church church leaders: Now what?

Last updated on: May 2, 2016 at 11:29 am By Michelle Van Loon

What do these people have in common? The single woman in her mid-thirties with $40,000 worth of seminary debt now working as an office manager for a software vendor. The former youth pastor now installing replacement windows for a home-improvement company. The veteran minister with 20 years of pastoral experience now an anonymous attender at another congregation after losing his job when a nasty split took place in his old church. Each aimed at vocational ministry, believing this was how... Read more

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2016-04-27T12:34:53-05:00

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Welcome to Zebra World!

Last updated on: April 27, 2016 at 12:34 pm By Michelle Van Loon

“When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses not zebras.” – Attributed to Dr. Theodore Woodward A doctor gave this bit of homespun advice to a a group of medical students as a way of telling them to focus on the most obvious causes for an illness when a patient came in search of help, rather than using all their newfound medical knowledge to hunt for rare diseases they’d just learned about in a textbook. That is wise advice, unless you... Read more

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2016-04-27T09:52:26-05:00

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Read, Reading, Gonna Read

Last updated on: April 27, 2016 at 9:52 am By Michelle Van Loon

I love a long conversation over coffee with a friend. Before I was old enough to drink coffee, books were my favorite conversation partners and most trusted friends. They still hold a prime spot in my heart. The not-so-good ones give me food for thought, if only to remind me to do something different in my own writing. Good books educate, provoke, or inspire. Great ones do all three. The long weeks of illness combined with the shut-in-life that is... Read more

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2016-04-20T09:39:12-05:00

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At The Intersection Of Time & Eternity: Passover

Last updated on: April 20, 2016 at 9:39 am By Michelle Van Loon

When I was a kid, my family would gather in the Skokie, IL apartment of my grandparents for a Passover Seder. My grandfather read what seemed like every page of the Haggadah (order of service; the liturgy for the ceremonial meal) published by Maxwell House coffee. The house was filled with the smell of matzo ball soup, long-cooking brisket, and a table-groaning variety of sides warming in the oven, and it seemed torture to sit at the table and wait... Read more

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2016-04-18T09:25:44-05:00

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Blogging Is So 2010

Last updated on: April 18, 2016 at 9:25 am By Michelle Van Loon

Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. – Mark Twain I attended the Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI last weekend. As usual, it was an incredible gathering of writers and readers, and my heart is stuffed to overflowing with the treasures from seminars and conversations. One bit of information I’m still processing are the continuing announcements from famous, infamous, and not-famous-at-all bloggers that they’re suspending or greatly dialing back their online efforts. I’ve been... Read more

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2016-04-11T10:14:48-05:00

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Put Down The Church Attendance Scorecard

Last updated on: April 11, 2016 at 10:14 am By Michelle Van Loon

Church leaders are bound to remark about attendance. Maybe your pastor emphasizes the importance of prioritizing the Sunday gathering. Maybe the announcements about small groups stress how true commitment to the church means attending Wednesday night gatherings and dedicating extra time to live “life on life” throughout the week. Many hear these reminders as genuine concern for attendees’ spiritual health, but for some of us, it feels like peer pressure. [Read more] Read more

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2016-04-04T07:42:58-05:00

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Unintended Consequences Of The Jesus Movement: Liturgy As Commercial

Last updated on: April 4, 2016 at 7:42 am By Michelle Van Loon

The lights dim, and the band takes the stage.The worship leader welcomes the crowd with a boisterous “Hey, how’s everyone doin’? Great to see you all!” before the band slips into a booming, clever cover of a pop song, then segues into a couple of modern sing-a-long worship standards pulled right from heavy rotation on the positive, encouraging Christian radio station. A carefully-curated selection of announcements and a prayer follows, creating space for ushers/hosts to collect the offering while an... Read more

Jesus Movement's Unintended Consequences

2016-03-30T07:24:17-05:00

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Praying For Healing: Advance Or Surrender?

Last updated on: March 30, 2016 at 7:24 am By Michelle Van Loon

I’ve attended churches that didn’t believe in supernatural healing: “Those kinds of miracles occurred in the first century, but God doesn’t do that any more now that we have the written Word of God. Except maybe once in a while for missionaries living in far-away places.” Prayers for healing among these folks often took the form of asking God to guide the doctor’s hands during medical procedures. Interestingly, many of these people who didn’t believe in supernatural healing were into... Read more

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