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Horizons Of Hope, Howard Schaap Dec 2020

Horizons Of Hope, Howard Schaap

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"One of the problems we Christians have with hope is knowing whether it’s an earthly or heavenly thing."

Posting about the kingdom work of restoration­­­­­­­­ 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/horizons-of-hope/


Advent: True Peace, Abby M. Foreman Dec 2020

Advent: True Peace, Abby M. Foreman

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"Viewing peace as quiet or the end of fighting is not a full enough vision of what God’s peace truly is."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Advent peace 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/advent-true-peace/


A Journey Towards Diversity: A Review Of The Next Worship, John Macinnis Oct 2020

A Journey Towards Diversity: A Review Of The Next Worship, John Macinnis

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"It is time for us to dedicate our energy and creativity to connecting across cultures."

Posting about cultural and ethnic diversity in worship 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-journey-towards-diversity-a-review-of-the-next-worship/


How Can We Support Teachers?, David J. Mulder Oct 2020

How Can We Support Teachers?, David J. Mulder

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"The emotional labor of teaching is only exacerbated in the age of COVID, with more expectations being placed on educators."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­ways to encourage 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/how-can-we-support-teachers/


When Words Are Weapons: Inside A Crisis Of Faith, Justin Bailey Sep 2020

When Words Are Weapons: Inside A Crisis Of Faith, Justin Bailey

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"I want words to open up the world, but these days words seem little more than weapons, heat seeking missiles which we can’t wait to aim at the enemy."

Posting about the power of words to bless or curse 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/when-words-are-weapons-inside-a-crisis-of-faith/


Labor Day: Stories Of Work, James C. Schaap Sep 2020

Labor Day: Stories Of Work, James C. Schaap

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"Covid has forced us to honor people who’ve never made more than minimum wage yet suddenly have become irreplaceable."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the value of work 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/labor-day-stories-of-work/


How Can The Church Today Uplift The Family Without Worshipping It?, Aaron Baart Sep 2020

How Can The Church Today Uplift The Family Without Worshipping It?, Aaron Baart

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"Our children need to hear and see that it is precisely because we love them that we teach and model for them what truly matters most."

Posting about faith formation in the home 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/how-can-the-church-today-uplift-the-family-without-worshipping-it/


From The American Dream To Shalom: A Review Of The Myth Of The American Dream, Erin Olson Aug 2020

From The American Dream To Shalom: A Review Of The Myth Of The American Dream, Erin Olson

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"Mayfield’s book is full of stories from her own experiences of living a life of curiosity and seeking justice as she talks about times living in intentional community in both Minneapolis and Portland."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book The Myth of the American Dream 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-the-american-dream-to-shalom-a-review-of-the-myth-of-the-american-dream/


Should We Be On Fire?, Tim Klein Aug 2020

Should We Be On Fire?, Tim Klein

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"A new personal finance craze is catching the attention of many millennials. FIRE, or Financial Independence and Retire Early, is a push to get out of the daily grind of the 9 to 5 workday."

Posting about the gift of work 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/should-we-be-on-fire/


Western Society And Cultural Elites: A Review Of Return Of The Strong Gods, David Westfall Aug 2020

Western Society And Cultural Elites: A Review Of Return Of The Strong Gods, David Westfall

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"Reno devotes most of the book to developing an account of what he calls the 'postwar consensus,' which arose out of the west’s revulsion at the horrors of the first half of the twentieth century."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Return of the Strong Gods 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/western-society-and-cultural-elites-a-review-of-return-of-the-strong-gods/


Kinds Of Science And Exploring The Past, Channon Visscher Aug 2020

Kinds Of Science And Exploring The Past, Channon Visscher

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"Working alongside experimental and observational work, historical science helps us continue to learn the unfolding story of how a beautiful universe, created by a loving God, came to be as we see it today."

Posting about scientific methods 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/kinds-of-science-and-exploring-the-past/


Considering Citizenship: Dare To Be A Daniel, Abby M. Foreman Jul 2020

Considering Citizenship: Dare To Be A Daniel, Abby M. Foreman

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"In order to be good and attentive citizens, we should consider using our freedom to devote time and resources to the health of our local churches, civic organizations, and communities."

Posting about Daniel's example of service 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/considering-citizenship-dare-to-be-a-daniel/


Keep The Hope Alive: A Review Of Imagining Theology, Justin Bailey Jul 2020

Keep The Hope Alive: A Review Of Imagining Theology, Justin Bailey

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"Imagining is something that we tend to grasp intuitively, and yet it remains notoriously difficult to define."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Imagining Theology 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/keep-the-hope-alive-a-review-of-imagining-theology/


Viral Blessings, John Visser Jul 2020

Viral Blessings, John Visser

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"No thoughtful Christian—and especially Reformed Christian—can dismiss either God’s sovereignty or his propensity for allowing troubling events to both refine wayward thinking and action and bring blessing."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­effects of the coronavirus pandemic 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/viral-blessings/


Healthy Family Systems: Bowen And Boundaries, Erin Olson Jul 2020

Healthy Family Systems: Bowen And Boundaries, Erin Olson

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"It is helpful to have close family relationships, but within certain family subsystems and between individual family members, it is still important to have boundaries."

Posting about Thomas Bowen's ­­­­­­­­Family Systems Therapy (FST) 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/healthy-family-systems-bowen-and-boundaries/


Forging Our Future: A Review Of The Synthetic Age, Jeff Ploegstra Jul 2020

Forging Our Future: A Review Of The Synthetic Age, Jeff Ploegstra

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"Part of Preston’s argument is for a profound improvement in scientific fluency in the population, but it should also be for a stronger behavioral response as well."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book The Synthetic Age 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/forging-our-future-a-review-of-the-synthetic-age/


Healthy Immunity Against Viral Posts, Jeff Ploegstra Jun 2020

Healthy Immunity Against Viral Posts, Jeff Ploegstra

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"I wonder about the future of a church, a country, a world, that shows such vulnerability to viral misinformation and damaging rhetoric."

Posting about using discernment in social media 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/healthy-immunity-against-viral-posts/


Gratitude As Worldview: A Review Of Eucharistic Reciprocity, Donald Roth Jun 2020

Gratitude As Worldview: A Review Of Eucharistic Reciprocity, Donald Roth

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"Properly conceived, gratitude is a lens through which we can perceive all of life. This lens is crucial because it helps us, as near-sighted people, to see with the clarity we were originally created to possess."

Posting about the book Eucharistic Reciprocity 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/gratitude-as-worldview-a-review-of-eucharistic-reciprocity/


Ok For Boomers: How Do We Remember Those Who Are Locked Down As We Open Up?, Donald Roth Jun 2020

Ok For Boomers: How Do We Remember Those Who Are Locked Down As We Open Up?, Donald Roth

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"So many of us are desperate for a return to normal, to the familiar, that I worry about one group that we all agree things will not be normal for: those who are at elevated risk, especially those 65 or older."

Posting about addressing social isolation in older citizens during the pandemic 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/ok-for-boomers-how-do-we-remember-those-who-are-locked-down-as-we-open-up/


Teaching The Whole Person: A Review Of The Learning Cycle, Steve Holtrop Jun 2020

Teaching The Whole Person: A Review Of The Learning Cycle, Steve Holtrop

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"The Learning Cycle is an intriguing collection of theoretical and anecdotal reinforcements for the concept that students are spiritual, emotional, social, and behavioral beings as well as intellectual beings."

Posting about the book The Learning Cycle 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/teaching-the-whole-person-a-review-of-the-learning-cycle/


"Are You For Us Or For Our Enemies?" Making Decisions Among Contested Meanings, Justin Bailey May 2020

"Are You For Us Or For Our Enemies?" Making Decisions Among Contested Meanings, Justin Bailey

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"Mask-wearing has become one more case study of our well-publicized polarization, one that probably anticipates a coming conflict over the details of how we reopen our churches."

Posting about the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and political ideologies from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square.

https://inallthings.org/are-you-for-us-or-for-our-enemies-making-decisions-amid-contested-meanings/


Trying To Understand Memorial Day, Howard Schaap May 2020

Trying To Understand Memorial Day, Howard Schaap

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"On Memorial Day, we need to also consider the profound complexity—and sorrow—of any war."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­a patriotic holiday 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/trying-to-understand-memorial-day/


Our Fiscal Policy Response To The Covid Crisis, John Visser May 2020

Our Fiscal Policy Response To The Covid Crisis, John Visser

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"Although much of the national news media is rightly focused on things like social distancing, testing and vaccines, there is another important dimension to the 2020 coronavirus crisis that merits analysis—the use of massive amounts of debt to finance mitigation efforts."

Posting about financial stewardship amid the current pandemic 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/our-fiscal-policy-response-to-the-covid-crisis/


Leading Redemptively: The Heart Of Christian Leadership, Ryan G. Zonnefeld May 2020

Leading Redemptively: The Heart Of Christian Leadership, Ryan G. Zonnefeld

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"The redemptive leader views authority as a God-given responsibility that is inseparable from image-bearing and required to be carried out with humility and love."

Posting about humble leadership 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/leading-redemptively-the-heart-of-christian-leadership/


The Art Of Distancing: A Review Of How To Do Nothing, David J. Mulder, Leah A. Zuidema, Matt Drissell Apr 2020

The Art Of Distancing: A Review Of How To Do Nothing, David J. Mulder, Leah A. Zuidema, Matt Drissell

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In this symposium style review, Matt Drissell (Associate Professor of Art), Leah Zuidema (Vice President for Online & Graduate Education), and Dave Mulder (Associate Professor of Education) each bring perspectives from their area of expertise.

Posting about the book How to Do Nothing-Resisting the Attention Economy 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-art-of-distancing-a-review-of-how-to-do-nothing/


Building On Abilities: Developing A Growth Mindset, Valorie L. Zonnefeld Apr 2020

Building On Abilities: Developing A Growth Mindset, Valorie L. Zonnefeld

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"Experience has taught me that before we can conquer any mathematics, it is important that the students first believe that they can learn math."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­growth in learning 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/building-on-abilities-developing-a-growth-mindset/


Open Educational Resources For The Kingdom, Mike Janssen Apr 2020

Open Educational Resources For The Kingdom, Mike Janssen

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"OERs can reduce the financial burden for our students and promote Kingdom values in education."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the educational value of open source software 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/open-educational-resources-for-the-kingdom/


Seven Stanzas At Easter, David Schelhaas Apr 2020

Seven Stanzas At Easter, David Schelhaas

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"Updike’s task in this poem is to convince readers in our scientific age that, unnatural though it be, resurrection has happened."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the poem Seven Stanzas at Easter 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/seven-stanzas-at-easter/


The Early Childhood Years: Building Blocks For Life, Gwen R. Marra Apr 2020

The Early Childhood Years: Building Blocks For Life, Gwen R. Marra

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"In the early childhood years, so much growth and development occurs. It truly is the foundation for the formal learning that happens later in life."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­education in the formative years 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-early-childhood-years-building-blocks-for-life/


Movie Review: Onward, Joshua Matthews Apr 2020

Movie Review: Onward, Joshua Matthews

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"Onward is B-level Pixar, slightly above-average, warm-hearted entertainment."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the movie Onward 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/movie-review-onward/