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2015-11-17T08:42:59-06:00

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Making Space To Grieve 11/13

Last updated on: November 17, 2015 at 8:42 am By Michelle Van Loon

Pope Francis stated we may already be in a “piecemeal World War III” after last Friday’s synchronized attacks in Paris. Certainly, ISIS and its spiritual confederates have declared war on all infidels in their sights – their own neighbors, both Muslim and not, as well as the the entire West. One commentator after another has emphasized that there’s no foolproof way to prevent these attacks – not when a person is willing to strap on a suicide vest for the... Read more

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2015-11-14T08:54:30-06:00

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The Jesus Movement’s Unintended Consequences: The Rapture

Last updated on: November 14, 2015 at 8:54 am By Michelle Van Loon

We’re a generation removed from the Jesus Movement of the late 1960′s and the Rapture still hasn’t happened despite astonishing certainty about when we could expect it on the part of some of the most influential voices of the era. Hal Lindsey had the timetable of the Lord’s return all figured out in his influential 1970 book, The Late Great Planet Earth and Earnest Angley’s 1950 tome, Raptured, was the Left Behind of the day. Angley’s book, which a friend and I... Read more

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Jesus Movement's Unintended Consequences

2015-11-09T14:36:03-06:00

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The Jesus Movement’s Unintended Consequences: Those Campfire Praise Songs

Last updated on: November 9, 2015 at 2:36 pm By Michelle Van Loon

When a renewal movement hits the church, things are bound to get messy. Some of the mess is the work of the Holy Spirit as he reanimates dry bones. Some of the mess comes when a bunch of broken human beings try to touch, help, hinder, or profit from the beautiful chaos. We’re a generation removed from the Jesus Movement of the late 1960’s. Poll after poll tells us that Evangelicalism, the primary beneficiary of this Movement, is having an... Read more

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2015-11-05T16:49:27-06:00

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Review: The Soul Of Shame

Last updated on: November 5, 2015 at 4:49 pm By Michelle Van Loon

We recognize shame in the form of someone else’s finger wagging in our faces, telling us we messed up when we should have done better. Those “You should be ashamed of yourself!” moments are the tip of the iceberg, according to author Curt Thompson. In his book The Soul Of Shame, Thompson explores the internal mechanisms of shame that warp our understanding of ourselves, of the world around us, and of God. When we’re able to use words to describe... Read more

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2015-11-02T14:08:07-06:00

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Regret and Re-Formation

Last updated on: November 2, 2015 at 2:08 pm By Michelle Van Loon

I’ve been blogging for almost ten years, and I’ve shared pieces of my own good, bad (and occasionally excruciating) experiences with the church. I’ve wrestled with God over these experiences, and continue to journey on with him with a limp. One of the most gratifying things about writing online is I hear from fellow wrestlers. Some continue to gimp with Jesus as I do. Others have chosen to run in the opposite direction. I recently heard from someone who fled the... Read more

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2015-10-28T08:37:25-05:00

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The Ultimate Reformation

Last updated on: October 28, 2015 at 8:37 am By Michelle Van Loon

Martin Luther had some serious chutzpah. Though his well-documented anti-Semitism sowed some noxious weed-seed in both his theology and throughout the Protestant church culture that emerged from the Reformation, I’ve always admired the stories of Luther’s battles with unhealthy church culture. Luther was a monk, a Catholic church insider. He had every reason to support the status quo of the church at the time, which had grown into a bloated, powerful bureaucracy designed to benefit people in positions like his.... Read more

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2015-10-23T16:06:18-05:00

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I Didn’t Think I Had A Book In Me, But I Did

Last updated on: October 23, 2015 at 4:06 pm By Michelle Van Loon

Ten years ago, I imagined I had maybe 75% of a book in me. I’d written a few plays, lots of articles, and some curriculum. But a book was an entirely different animal, and I honestly didn’t think I was quite ready to tackle 50,000 words on a specific theme at that point in my life. We’d relocated back “home” to the Chicago area in 2004 after nearly a decade living in Wisconsin. I’d taken a part-time job at a... Read more

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2015-10-21T11:54:25-05:00

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Socialization and Peer Pressure Among Home School Families

Last updated on: October 21, 2015 at 11:54 am By Michelle Van Loon

Thoughtful interviewer Martha Manikas-Foster posted the interviews she did with author and Liberty University professor Dr. Karen Swallow Prior and me about homeschooling pressures and pitfalls. A short version aired on Family Life Radio’s “Inside Out” today. Click here for links to both interviews. Because a few listeners may find their way here, I’m reposting a piece I wrote about the subject for Christianity Today’s Her.meneutics blog. Though most home school parents have to answer the “What about socialization?” question... Read more

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2015-10-13T13:20:23-05:00

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Fear Of Missing Out Isn’t Just A Season

Last updated on: October 13, 2015 at 1:20 pm By Michelle Van Loon

We humans have always been prone to wonder: What if I’m left behind? What if I’m forgotten? What if I blew my only chance at success? Why is everyone else having such a great life? Now we have an easy descriptor for this below-the-surface panic that shapes our behavior, thoughts, and prayers. It’s Fear Of Missing Out, or FOMO. Now in my 50s, I’m more inclined than in earlier years to experience the rear-view-mirror corollary, which I’ve dubbed Fear Of... Read more

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2015-10-12T13:52:20-05:00

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Old Testament Foundations And Hebrew Roots

Last updated on: October 12, 2015 at 1:52 pm By Michelle Van Loon

I wish more Christians would take an interest in learning the Jewish foundations of their faith. Too many of my Christian brothers and sisters wave off the Old Testament except for a few stories from Genesis and Exodus, the book of Psalms, and, recently among some streams in the church, some out-of-context texts about blood moons. The default setting for many believers is “Now that Jesus came, we don’t need to worry about the Law anymore.” For some, “the Law”... Read more

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