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– Did you know you can get corn on your pizza in Israel? – The day before Israeli Independence Day is a solemn day known as Yom Hazikaron (Israeli Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day). At 11:00 AM,…
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Shalom from Jerusalem!
We made it after 24 grueling hours of travel. It feels like we never left Jerusalem, perhaps because we left a piece of our hearts here in February. We at dinner looking at a view like this one, and we…
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Hit ‘shuffle’ on the question play list
So many questions…Feel free to give me some answers. Or add some random questions of your own! Do you view yourself as a spiritual settler, a wanderer, a pilgrim or an exile? None of the above? All of the above?…
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Remember
Tomorrow is Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day – and in light of the staggering hatred of that era, and of the genocidal, demonic activity that has anhiliated subsequent generations in places like Bosnia and Rwanda – I found myself pondering…
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Chez Van Loon
We’d been living in a rental townhome in Gurnee, IL. It had its charms: it was on a golf course, which meant that the grounds were pretty well-kept. But it had its downside, too. The complex was built for some…
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Buy this book
I have long-admired Frank Viola’s thinking. Do I always agree with him? No. But Bill and I have traveled some of the same terrain he has in Christendom, and can affirm most of his thoughtful conclusions about the church. His…