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I believe that you don’t need to choose a denomination to believe in Christ.
When looking for a college, I felt called to travel out of state to expose myself to cultural, religious and environmental differences.
Going to Goshen College was one of the hardest transitions I’ve ever made, but I believe that it was (...)[Read More]
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By Reuben Chupp
I’ll be 59 this summer. (How did that happen so quickly!?) In the course of aging, I gather more questions than answers.
There are many things I don’t know, can’t know infallibly, not in three dimensions, scientifically, or empirically. I frequently begin conversations with “I believe,” (...)[Read More]
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I believe in the power of gardening, specifically weeding.
As a girl, I hated weeding with a passion. Mom would declare a weeding day, and as much as my sister and I tried to make excuses or disappear from sight, we always ended up in the garden, sweaty and dirty and deep in a bed of thistle. Thirteen years later, (...)[Read More]
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There are few things more frustrating to me than getting lost. I get this terrible feeling of unease in my diaphragm each time I feel as if I’ve strayed from the route to my destination. It feels unsteady and uncertain, like the road and I have just had a nasty misunderstanding. All I want to do is straighten (...)
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