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Twenty Twenty Two: Year-end review & reflections

And just like that we come to the end of another calendar year. Here are some snapshots, highlights, and reflections from the year of teaching, scholarship, ministry, and family life. Teaching at Dordt I taught five courses this year: Biblical Foundations, Aesthetics, Ethics, Leadership &…
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December 16, 2022
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Summer Report: Where I’ve been…

A baseball game (White Sox vs Twins) with my friend Matt - great seats! One of the very best things about working in higher education is getting to follow the rhythms of the academic calendar. In between the spring and fall semester is this three…
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August 12, 2022
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Backpacking in Denali (4): BEARS

Day Two: Bears Coming into the glacier path, it wasn't long before we met up with the East Fork of the Toklat river again.  This meant that we would need to do some crossings where the river threaded most thinly. Here is where knee-length or…
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September 20, 2011
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Backpacking in Denali (2): The Mountain

Journal Excerpt: Day One The scenery on the way to Wonder Lake was spectacular.  We saw bears, sheep, caribou and had a phenomenal view of Mount McKinley.  At 20,000 feet, it is the highest peak in North America, and since ground level is only 2,000…
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September 14, 2011