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About-Face, Church
If the word “repent” conjures images of 1980’s street preachers with bullhorns yelling “Turn or burn!” at passing crowds, I’d like to use a bit of…
Feb 17
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Michelle Van Loon
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December 2024
Cliques: Not Just For Middle School Anymore
This issue of my monthly-ish newsletter includes a reflection on churches that function as cliques versus cultivating true community, and not one, but…
Dec 30, 2024
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November 2024
Two Kinds of Hiding Places
After our recent visit to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and now in the wake of the recent election, I’ve been reflecting on the ways in which people…
Nov 12, 2024
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October 2024
A Mighty Fortress Is The Church?
Bill and I had an opportunity to travel up the Rhine River through western Europe to celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary.
Oct 21, 2024
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September 2024
My Books
Downsizing: Letting Go of Evangelicalism’s Nonessentials
Sep 26, 2024
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Michelle Van Loon
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Dancing On Eggshells
I suspect most of us have people in our lives with whom we feel we must walk on eggshells, measuring our words carefully and avoiding hot-button topics…
Sep 23, 2024
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August 2024
Revive us again?
If you’ve spent any time at all in Evangelical circles, you may have at one time prayed for revival.
Aug 19, 2024
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April 2024
On Spiritual Downsizing
The empty office was a time capsule of the past, circa 2003.
Apr 3, 2024
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Michelle Van Loon
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January 2024
After you leave a church...
Have you ever…
Jan 10, 2024
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Michelle Van Loon
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November 2023
A Gift That's The Size of a Drop In The Bucket, Plus Some Writing News
It seems the world is on fire these days, doesn’t it?
Nov 20, 2023
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Michelle Van Loon
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October 2023
Not My Standard Newsletter: The Israel-Hamas War Edition
As some of you reading these words may be aware, my husband and I were scheduled to return to Israel with some friends on October 8th, but the horror of…
Oct 14, 2023
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September 2023
LANDING STRIP AND LAUNCH PAD
The Statue of Liberty greeted the tired, the poor, those yearning to be free, and the “wretched refuse” of Eastern Europe who poured into the Port of…
Sep 6, 2023
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