James Calvin Schaap

James Calvin Schaap (jschaap@dordt.edu) is a writer and professor of English at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa.

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Reflections

The Night Grandpa Dirkse Came Back

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The Day I Got Lost in the Music

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Church Profile

From an English Lesson to a Church: Lao Unity Church, Sioux City Iowa

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Getting into Prayer

Pastor Tony Gets Past the Jargon

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The IBM Jesus

What would Jesus wear?

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All Things Considered

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The Burden of the Crucifix

What the Sweetbrier Pastor Did Instead of Writing Lenten Sermons

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Something Low-Key for Christmas: A program in trouble gets a sugar boost

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re: re: re: Ascension Day

Paster Ed: You've Got Mail!

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Communion Circle: Why Tracy planned not to take communion one Sunday

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Prayer Partners: How a Pastor's "Innovative Ideas" Led One Couple to Skip Church

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Wedding Wonders: How could she tell her daughter that life would be so much worse--and so much better--than her wedding?

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Warthogs: Why professor Farnsworth didn't go to chapel

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The Sounds of Silence

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A Grandmother's Prayer

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The Forgotten Ministry: What Betty Andreas learned about a busy schedule and God's peace

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Madelyn Ringler's Fiery Exit: Why two hundred Bic lighters never made it to our Pentecost service

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Remodelling: How tearing down the church brought comfort to Carl Westenberg

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Wisdom from Afar: God comes to humankind in ways that God's own

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A Kid and a Dog: Should we bother God with a pet concern?

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The Business of the Sign: How far would Calvary Church go to sell the gospel?

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She Said...He Said

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A Staged Testimony

God uses a proud actor to announce the humble birth

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A September New Year's Resolution

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Getting Our Needs Met: The way the church's music program was moving made Keith's blood boil

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Going to Heaven in a Hot-Air Balloon

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First Profession

How a disappointing pageant and a killer mink helped Angela understand Christmas

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Operation Plymouth: Bethel's 'live Thanksgiving' wasn't quite what anyone expected

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Have It Your Way: Pleasant Valley had it all

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Pilgrims: Jeremy's reformed view of "the Reformation thing"

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It Can't Be Wrong if It Brings People In

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Ven Will I Zing?': What makes music special--and who decides?

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Church tonight? Musings on Ascension Day

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Editorial

Tell Me I'm Wrong: An exchange of letters

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For a Dime I'd Quit This Committee: Another war over worship

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Occurrences at Delaney Street: Was the Spirit speaking on WOBR

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He's a Marked Man: A teacher's confrontation with the meaning of Ash Wednesday

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Jonah and the Ninevites: Even a whale can't compete with a swooping bat

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The Psychedelic Deacon: May we allow all our teens to take part in worship?

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Deception Pass: The story behind pastor Martin's emphasis on meaningful baptisms

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New Age Loon: The Maundy Thursday service takes First Church by storm

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The Advent of Iron John: Frank Knol urges Willowhaven church to focus on a ministry to men

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Burton Bartels's Dream Ministry

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Juxtaposition

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Mincemeat: The worship committee finds the live nativity idea a hard one to swallow

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Lord Have Mercy: Lakeside Church Wrestles with Raised Hands

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Sabbath Insomnia

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Our Church is Cruisin'

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Weddings are for Women

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Fellowship Cookies

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Sawdust Confessions

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Kids and Kooks

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Joys and Concerns

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Calling

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Special Music

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In Good Order

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First Covenant Bombed: Ex-Elder Held for Arraignment Today

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To Each His Own

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A Lesson in Tradition

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Sunday Brunch

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