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Category Archive: Joel A. Hess

Mow, Pilgrim, Mow: a Lawn, by Definition, is Natural

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By Joel Hess – “Pretty much by definition, a lawn is unnatural” writes Elizabeth Kolbert in her article […]

JW June 16, 2014 Joel A. Hess

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

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By Joel Hess – Last week we lost a great poet, Maya Angelou.  Well, not really.  She did […]

JW June 9, 2014 Joel A. Hess

On The Way

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By Joel Hess – A father and son went hunting for morels on one spring evening in May. […]

JW May 26, 2014 Joel A. Hess

Won’t You Be My Neighbor: Welcome to Mr. Rogers’ America, Exchange Your Brain for a Cozy Cardigan

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By Joel Hess – “And in the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal!”  – Fred Rogers Yes, […]

JW May 19, 2014 Joel A. Hess

So Putin, a bearded lady and Jesus walk into a bar…

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By Joel Hess – Well you can exhale! They have announced the winner of the 2014  Eurovision song […]

JW May 12, 2014 Joel A. Hess

Stop Looking At Your Phone! Says My Phone

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By Joel Hess – So I’m sure y’all have tapped on the epidemic video ‘look up’ by some […]

JW May 5, 2014 Joel A. Hess

Heaven Is For Realz, But Don’t Take My Word For It!

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By Joel Hess – This past week I enjoyed a heartwarming tale about a young man who met […]

JW April 28, 2014 Joel A. Hess

Happy Birthday from the Discovery Channel!

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By Joel Hess – Happy birthday Well, by happy I mean that I hope certain biological mechanisms within you […]

JW April 21, 2014 Joel A. Hess

God’s Not Dead – But We Can’t Find Jesus!

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By Joel Hess – Well I did it.  I paid good money to sit with strangers, eat overpriced […]

JW April 14, 2014 Joel A. Hess

Americans Don’t Love Science. They Just Like the “Idea” of Science

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By Joel Hess – No I have not seen ‘Noah’.  I really could care less.  I did enjoy […]

JW April 7, 2014 Joel A. Hess

Elegy for Shelley: death of a blind romantic

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By Joel Hess – They found him there Upon the shore Upon his back Next to some fishbones […]

JW March 31, 2014 Joel A. Hess

You Are What You Read

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by Joel Hess – If you survey of my home and even office library you will not find […]

JW March 24, 2014 Joel A. Hess

Not So Fast, Patrick!

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By Joel Hess – First of all – happy St. Paddy’s day!  I love this day, because I […]

JW March 17, 2014 Joel A. Hess

Who Are You?

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By Joel Hess – ‘Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty, who is Encarnacion?’ Nacho Libre asks his crush, […]

JW March 10, 2014 Joel A. Hess

Is God Dead or Not?

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By Joel Hess – My town rocks more – Cadillac, MI! Salt of the earth! Ok, on to […]

JW March 3, 2014 Joel A. Hess

The Strangest Twist to a Tragic Story

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By Joel Hess Next week many of us will begin the Lenten season feeling the pastor smudging ashes […]

JW February 24, 2014 Joel A. Hess

O I See A Darkness: Using the Theology of the Cross as an Excuse for Pessimism

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By Joel Hess “Well, I hope that someday, buddy, we have peace in our lives. Together or apart, […]

JW February 17, 2014 Joel A. Hess

A Voice in The Wasteland: “2000 Year Anniversary of the Divine Invasion”

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By Joel Hess Yes, last night I could not avoid watching some of the Beatles’ 50th anniversary show […]

JW February 10, 2014 Joel A. Hess

A Voice in the Wasteland: “Jesus the Groundhog”

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By Joel Hess Here in Michigan Groundhog Day carries a little more significance than those of you who […]

JW February 3, 2014 Joel A. Hess

A Voice in the Wasteland: “Boycott the Oscars… Because they are Just Plain Stupid!”

By Joel Hess Each year the nations are in an uproar as the Oscars approach – ‘Who was […]

JW January 20, 2014 Joel A. Hess

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