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2015-12-22T07:32:52-06:00

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My favorite (media) things: 2015

Last updated on: December 22, 2015 at 7:32 am By Michelle Van Loon

I’m a sucker for Top Ten and Best Of lists at this time of year. Just for fun, here’s my own list of media favorites from the past year: Netflix binge-watch favorites Bloodline – This Netflix original series was slow going for the first couple of episodes, but the simmering anger in the performance of Ben Mendelsohn as his family’s prodigal on steroids kept me hooked. Season 2 is scheduled for release in 2016. Can’t wait to see where they... Read more

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2015-12-18T14:54:13-06:00

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Jewish Evangelism In Light Of “The Gifts & Calling” Document

Last updated on: December 18, 2015 at 2:54 pm By Michelle Van Loon

I am not Catholic, but am grateful for my Catholic siblings in faith. I’ve been strengthened by many Catholic writers over the years, particularly those from the contemplative tradition. I’ve been encouraged by Catholic pro-life activism and challenged by the Church’s commitment to social justice and care for the least of these. I love studying the Bible with Catholic friends. So much kingdom goodness in these things. These affirmations of goodness also carry deep sorrow with them, an acknowledgement of... Read more

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2015-12-15T13:50:25-06:00

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Reader’s Theater: Where Love Is, God Is

Last updated on: December 15, 2015 at 1:50 pm By Michelle Van Loon

One of my favorite Leo Tolstoy short stories is “Where Love Is, God Is”. It is profound in its simplicity at any time of year, but certainly suits this season. A few years ago, I turned the story into a reader’s theater for seven voices. It takes about 12-14 minutes to perform. A couple of churches of which we’ve been a part have used it during Advent or Lent. Avdeich rested his head upon both his arms, and did not... Read more

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2015-12-12T10:17:26-06:00

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Unintended Consequences Of The Jesus Movement: The Christmas Edition

Last updated on: December 12, 2015 at 10:17 am By Michelle Van Loon

There is probably some significance that the last animated Christmas TV special for popular audiences to mention the (to borrow a phrase) reason for the season premiered in 1965. You know the one to which I’m referring: America was a-changing, only in 1965, most Americans didn’t know it yet. The Christian-y sensibilities that once informed the way all Americans related to both culture and one another, were veneer, not solid wood. The second half of the 1960’s would begin to... Read more

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2015-12-07T09:00:03-06:00

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The Blessing Of Missing Christmas

Last updated on: December 7, 2015 at 9:00 am By Michelle Van Loon

When I was a kid, I knew Christmas as the otherDecember celebration. I spent most of my secular Jewish childhood in a heavily Jewish Chicago suburb. Of course, there were still the Christmas commercials, Christmas specials, and Christmas songs at school, but our family celebrated Hanukkah. Our eight-night “Jewish Christmas” had its own miraculousbackstory. My Gentile classmates had only one day of presents to anticipate during December. I felt pretty lucky to have eight nights of gifts (even if, by the... Read more

Spiritual Formation

2015-12-03T09:20:01-06:00

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At The Intersection Of Time & Eternity: Chanukah

Last updated on: December 3, 2015 at 9:20 am By Michelle Van Loon

Chanukah (or is it Hanukkah, Hannukah, Chanuka, Chanukkah, Hanuka, Channukah, or maybe Chanukka? Click here to get the story behind all those spellings!) begins this year at sundown on Sunday, December 6th. It is not the Jewish Christmas. However, it is important to remember that the events surrounding Jesus’ birth couldn’t have happened had the events commemorated by Chanukah occurred a century and a half before Joseph and Mary made the trek from Nazareth to Bethlehem. The Jewish festal cycle and the... Read more

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2015-11-30T07:38:08-06:00

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Review: Strange Fire, Holy Fire

Last updated on: November 30, 2015 at 7:38 am By Michelle Van Loon

I wish I could give a copy of Michael J. Klassen’s Strange Fire, Holy Fire: Exploring the Highs and Lows of Your Charismatic Experience (Bethany House Publishers, 2009) to every person I’ve ever met in the various Pentecostal, Charismatic, and Third Wave/Vineyard congregations of which we’ve been a part. Whether they’re still a part of one of these congregations, have jumped to a different stream within the Church, or have chosen to hang out the “Done” sign on any formal... Read more

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2015-11-24T13:09:41-06:00

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Giving Thanks From The Valley Of The Shadow

Last updated on: November 24, 2015 at 1:09 pm By Michelle Van Loon

If you have suffered a loss or have a fractured family, holidays like Thanksgiving can be more endurance test than blessing. Memories of happier times in the past and the nagging sense that most everyone you know and all those people you don’t know but with whom you’re connected on social media are experiencing #blissed #blessed #family #togetherness on the holiday. A few years ago in this piece for the Christianity Today Her.meneutics blog, I talked about the effect social media was... Read more

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2015-11-23T08:43:02-06:00

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Unintended Consequences Of The Jesus Movement’s Music: A Word From Dr. Chuck Fromm

Last updated on: November 23, 2015 at 8:43 am By Michelle Van Loon

I was grateful for the lively exchange that took place last week around a new series I launched on this blog called “The Jesus Movement’s Unintended Consequences”. (Click here to read the first two posts in the series.) We’re four decades out from that time of change and renewal in the church. Time passed allows us a bit of perspective, and I’m looking forward to continuing the conversation in the weeks to come. Before I move on to another topic... Read more

Jesus Movement's Unintended Consequences

2015-11-18T07:55:39-06:00

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At The Intersection Of Time & Eternity: Advent

Last updated on: November 18, 2015 at 7:55 am By Michelle Van Loon

The Jewish feast cycle and the Christian calendar each offer holidays that are meant to serve as an on-ramp into the intersection of time and eternity. These days of yes point us beyond our own everyday agendas and connect us with our place in a bigger, more beautiful story. If you attend a non-denominational congregation, your church may focus primarily on Christmas and Easter along with non-holiday holidays like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Church Picnic Day. If you attend a... Read more

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