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Jonathan VanAntwerpen

Jonathan VanAntwerpen

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Mar 13

That is to say, I pray for you.

“For me writing has always felt like praying…”

That is to say, I pray for you.

Jonathan VanAntwerpen

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Dec 13, 2025

La Posada Sin Fronteras

I am pausing for a few moments on this Saturday afternoon in mid-December, as I prepare lunch for my two young daughters, to pray — if I…

La Posada Sin Fronteras

Jonathan VanAntwerpen

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Sep 17, 2024

Heart Is a Drum

Free as a driving wheel Circling around your iron will See only what you feel Keeps you turning when you’re standing still

Leaving Aspen a photo out the airplane window by Jonathan VanAntwerpen

Jonathan VanAntwerpen

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Aug 6, 2024

grieve

“Grief is the price of love. Loving someone means that one day, there will be grieving. They will leave you, or you will leave them. The…

grieve

Jonathan VanAntwerpen

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Jan 25, 2024

Telling the Vast and Complex Story of Religion in America

“To tell a more expansive story of American religion in all of its diversity, we must work together to plumb the plurality of religion in…

Telling the Vast and Complex Story of Religion in America

Jonathan VanAntwerpen

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Jan 15, 2024

Beyond the rim of the seen

“My father has gone to join my mother and their elders just beyond the rim of the seen. And I am asking language to lead me to the bridge…

Beyond the rim of the seen

Jonathan VanAntwerpen

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Jan 12, 2024

The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life

Stones and Flowers Retreat a photo of California Redwoods by Jonathan VanAntwerpen January 2024

Jonathan VanAntwerpen

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Apr 14, 2023

Imagining The Immanent Frame

An Interview with Jonathan VanAntwerpen

From A Universe of Terms Religion in Visual Metaphor by Mona Oraby and Emilie Flamme. A photo by Jonathan VanAntwerpen

Jonathan VanAntwerpen

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Apr 11, 2023

Pastor Van

Pastor Van had a big beard, a big smile, a big laugh, a big voice. And, we would learn, a big heart.

Jonathan VanAntwerpen and Berton VanAntwerpen — Photo by Lisa Whiteman

Jonathan VanAntwerpen

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Mar 26, 2023

Notes on Grief

“I wince now at the words I said in the past to grieving friends. ‘Find peace in your memories,’ I used to say…

Notes on Grief

Jonathan VanAntwerpen

Jonathan VanAntwerpen

Jonathan VanAntwerpen is a program director at the Henry Luce Foundation. Originally trained as a philosopher, he holds a Ph.D. in sociology from UC-Berkeley.

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