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Finding Hope In A Bleak Midwinter, Bruce Kuiper
Finding Hope In A Bleak Midwinter, Bruce Kuiper
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"... only God could provide life in the middle of winter. But he does it in such a gentle, quiet way... "
Posting about the essence of the Christmas season from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/finding-hope-in-a-bleak-midwinter/
'Digital' Fruits Of The Spirit?: A Review Of Analog Christian, Mike Janssen
'Digital' Fruits Of The Spirit?: A Review Of Analog Christian, Mike Janssen
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"Social media platforms are built to encourage addictive use, stimulating the same neurological connections as slot machines and drug addicts to encourage us to return to the well for further despair."
Posting about the book Analog Christian from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/digital-fruits-of-the-spirit-a-review-of-analog-christian/
Who Loved The Neighbor? A Review Of Faithful Antiracism, Abby De Groot
Who Loved The Neighbor? A Review Of Faithful Antiracism, Abby De Groot
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"The authors’ purpose is... to equip Christians in all spheres of life to understand and, more essentially, disrupt racial injustice."
Posting about the book Faithful Antiracism from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/who-loved-the-neighbor-a-review-of-faithful-antiracism/
Enfolding Immigrants: A Review Of Beyond Welcome, Chris L. Goedhart
Enfolding Immigrants: A Review Of Beyond Welcome, Chris L. Goedhart
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"We cannot fail to see that our response to the least of these is our response to Christ himself."
Posting about the book Beyond Welcomefrom In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/enfolding-immigrants-a-review-of-beyond-welcome/
What I Hope For My Daughter: Eyes To See, Abby De Groot
What I Hope For My Daughter: Eyes To See, Abby De Groot
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"I have continued to witness acts of love and care for Reese in the three and half years following her diagnosis."
Posting about discovering empathy and support at school from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/what-i-hope-for-my-daughter-eyes-to-see/
Of Trees And Rings: A Reflection On The Rings Of Power, Thomas J. Clark
Of Trees And Rings: A Reflection On The Rings Of Power, Thomas J. Clark
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"Living in a world as complex as this present age presents a series of choices of mixed moral clarity."
Posting about the Amazon series The Rings of Power from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/of-trees-and-rings-a-reflection-on-the-rings-of-power/
The Revealing Art Of Film: A Review Of Seeing Is Believing, Joshua Matthews
The Revealing Art Of Film: A Review Of Seeing Is Believing, Joshua Matthews
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"Goodwin believes that great films are great art, and as such, are able to move viewers affectively and even change their lives."
Posting about the book Seeing is Believing from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/the-revealing-art-of-film-a-review-of-seeing-is-believing/
People And Places: The Evidence Of Holiness, Hannah Landman, Kara Jasper
People And Places: The Evidence Of Holiness, Hannah Landman, Kara Jasper
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"Gilded altars, carved marble, nuances of light, brilliant colored glass contribute to telling a story—the story of scripture and the story of the church in this place."
Posting about reflections of the choir's European tour from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/people-and-places-the-evidence-of-holiness/
Stewarding Nfts: Yes, No, Maybe So?, Jesse L. Veenstra
Stewarding Nfts: Yes, No, Maybe So?, Jesse L. Veenstra
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"God’s kingdom extends to all corners of the universe, including the digital realm."
Posting about the responsible use of non-fungible tokens from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/stewarding-nfts-yes-no-maybe-so/
Three Tributaries, Exploring The Reformed, Baptist, And Catholic Branches: A Review Of The Church's Book, David Westfall
Three Tributaries, Exploring The Reformed, Baptist, And Catholic Branches: A Review Of The Church's Book, David Westfall
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"If our conversations about the Bible, its meaning, and its authority seem always to prove fruitless, perhaps this is a better place to start."
Posting about the book The Church's Book from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
A Letter To A First Year Teacher, Crystal Strickland
A Letter To A First Year Teacher, Crystal Strickland
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"Be the person who helps others see the good in themselves."
Posting about encouragement for new teachers from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/a-letter-to-a-first-year-teacher/
What It Means To Be Human: A Review Of You're Only Human, Gayle E. Doornbos, Hannah Landman
What It Means To Be Human: A Review Of You're Only Human, Gayle E. Doornbos, Hannah Landman
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"We are embodied creatures created by God to be limited by time and space and with our own unique set of gifts and abilities."
Posting about the book You're Only Human from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/what-it-means-to-be-human-a-review-of-youre-only-human/
Reckoning With Status And Realigning Our Hearts: A Review Of Celebrities For Jesus, Ruth C. Clark
Reckoning With Status And Realigning Our Hearts: A Review Of Celebrities For Jesus, Ruth C. Clark
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"Where... dynamic pastors and a church’s ‘good intentions’ begin, celebrity status can quickly overwhelm."
Posting about the book Celebrities for Jesus from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
Thriving Against The Technological Tide (Part Ii): A Review Conversation Of The Life We're Looking For, Justin Bailey, Matthew Beimers
Thriving Against The Technological Tide (Part Ii): A Review Conversation Of The Life We're Looking For, Justin Bailey, Matthew Beimers
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"We need to ask what it would look like to design more instruments and less devices. And we need to build our lives more around instruments and less around devices."
Posting about the book The Life We're Looking For from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
Thriving Against The Technological Tide (Part I): A Review Conversation Of The Life We're Looking For, Justin Bailey, Matthew Beimers
Thriving Against The Technological Tide (Part I): A Review Conversation Of The Life We're Looking For, Justin Bailey, Matthew Beimers
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"Crouch’s book reminds us that the story of the competing cultural narratives demands one thing from us: our love."
Posting about the book The Life We're Looking For from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
Speaking Is About The Hearer: A Review Of Speaking By The Numbers, David J. Mulder
Speaking Is About The Hearer: A Review Of Speaking By The Numbers, David J. Mulder
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"Are there ways to help make public speaking less stressful for the speaker and more impactful for the listener?"
Posting about the book Speaking by the Numbers from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/speaking-is-about-the-hearer-a-review-of-speaking-by-the-numbers/
Is Christian Education "Worth It"?, Sheila Mulder
Is Christian Education "Worth It"?, Sheila Mulder
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"God desires that His people work to restore and form culture."
Posting about the value of Christian education from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/is-christian-education-worth-it/
Healing Christ's Fragmented Body Through Communal Discipleship: A Review Of From Isolation To Community, Angela Perigo
Healing Christ's Fragmented Body Through Communal Discipleship: A Review Of From Isolation To Community, Angela Perigo
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"In slow attention akin to a patient gardener attending her plants, we attend to one another in a Christ-like posture of humility and curiosity."
Posting about the book From Isolation to Community from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
The Church And Disability Justice: A Review Of My Body Is Not A Prayer Request, Kathleen Van Tol
The Church And Disability Justice: A Review Of My Body Is Not A Prayer Request, Kathleen Van Tol
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"You can choose to live in a way that reflects the belief that every person bears the image of God, regardless of ability or achievement."
Posting about the book My Body is Not a Prayer Request from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
Teacher Flexibility And The New Normal, Sheila Mulder
Teacher Flexibility And The New Normal, Sheila Mulder
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"The pandemic revealed the strong need for caring for the whole person and implementing informed teaching practices and principles."
Posting about adapting to change in education from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/teacher-flexibility-and-the-new-normal/
The Now And The Not Yet: A Review Of The Art Of New Creation, Justin Bailey
The Now And The Not Yet: A Review Of The Art Of New Creation, Justin Bailey
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"What does it mean to create art that reflects the reality of new creation, in a way that is attentive to the gritty particularities of our present moment?"
Posting about the book The Art of New Creation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/the-now-and-the-not-yet-a-review-of-the-art-of-new-creation/
A Christian Response To Pride Month: Pride And Sabbath, Donald Roth
A Christian Response To Pride Month: Pride And Sabbath, Donald Roth
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"We... confess that the world is broken in deep ways, and we don’t have to shy from the reality of the ways that people suffer and are marginalized in this world."
Posting about Sabbath as a Christian response to Pride Month from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/a-christian-response-to-pride-month-pride-and-sabbath/
A Christian Response To Pride Month: Is Pride Revolution Or Carnival?, Donald Roth
A Christian Response To Pride Month: Is Pride Revolution Or Carnival?, Donald Roth
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"Many aspects of the status quo seem rather persistent in the face of otherwise revolutionary pressures, a fact bemoaned by many who are advocating for change."
Posting about processing the celebrations and symbols of Pride Month from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/a-christian-response-to-pride-month-is-pride-revolution-or-carnival/
A Grim Reality, A Good Hope: A Review Of Fortune, Howard Schaap
A Grim Reality, A Good Hope: A Review Of Fortune, Howard Schaap
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"Harper’s family tree takes us into the very real and specific effects that racist laws have on individuals."
Posting about the book Fortune from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/a-grim-reality-a-good-hope-a-review-of-fortune/
My Kids Made Me Do It: My Journey Into Global Missions, Dale Zevenbergen
My Kids Made Me Do It: My Journey Into Global Missions, Dale Zevenbergen
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" I... saw a thread throughout the entirety of scripture of God‘s heart for the nations and for God’s glory to be made known in the lives of all people."
Posting about obeying God's call to spread the gospel from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/my-kids-made-me-do-it-my-journey-into-global-missions/
A Campfire (Laptop) Story: Doing Technology, Justin R. Vander Werff
A Campfire (Laptop) Story: Doing Technology, Justin R. Vander Werff
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"We should critically evaluate everything we do and use as we live and work and love in God’s creation."
Posting about a perceived juxtaposition between nature and technology from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/a-campfire-laptop-story-doing-technology/
Working Through Possibilities: A Scientist Reviews When Did Sin Begin?, Tony N. Jelsma
Working Through Possibilities: A Scientist Reviews When Did Sin Begin?, Tony N. Jelsma
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"... [Haarsma] lays out the challenges of reconciling an evolutionary history with a biblical understanding of original sin."
Posting about the book When Did Sin Begin? from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/from-a-scientist-a-review-of-when-did-sin-begin/
Sinful Trumps Exceptional: A Review Of We The Fallen People, Scott Culpepper
Sinful Trumps Exceptional: A Review Of We The Fallen People, Scott Culpepper
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"Christians of all political persuasions... must face deep questions about how their faith in Christ’s kingdom intersects with their participation in the kingdoms of this world."
Posting about the book We the Fallen People from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/sinful-trumps-exceptional-a-review-of-we-the-fallen-people/
Redeeming Negative Emotions: A Review Of The Power Of Regret, Donald Roth
Redeeming Negative Emotions: A Review Of The Power Of Regret, Donald Roth
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"Pink defines the growth potential from regret in terms of improving decisions, boosting performance, and deepening meaning."
Posting about the book The Power of Regret from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.
https://inallthings.org/redeeming-negative-emotion-a-review-of-the-power-of-regret/
Rejecting Deconstruction And Welcoming Christian Mysticism: A Review Of When Everything's On Fire, David J. Mulder
Rejecting Deconstruction And Welcoming Christian Mysticism: A Review Of When Everything's On Fire, David J. Mulder
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"This book is an invitation for us to recall and experience the history and tradition of the church that extends far back beyond the modern age."
Posting about the book When Everything's on Fire from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.