Category: Blog
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Vennekerk 2023
Read More: Vennekerk 2023This is the story of our van der Laan reunion worship service, the summer of 2023, in the now abandoned Vennekerk, the church where my parents came of age.
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Another Good Friday
Read More: Another Good FridayHerman de Jong’s prose story of “A Good Friday” has been with me for as long as he’s been gone — twenty-one years now. I wish I had known it before then, just as I wish I could have talked to him about it.
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Welcome to Middledom
Read More: Welcome to MiddledomI’ve committed to buckling down for a while to translate and reissue the collected works of Herman de Jong in an accessible format and adding in what family histories I have.
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Blog
Read More: BlogThese are the occasional blog posts of Henry J. de Jong on this Middledom website, which also features Dutch Canadian memoirs and the stories of Henry’s father, Herman de Jong.
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I am Indigenous
Read More: I am IndigenousThe parallels between indigenous peoples, like those from Canada or northern Holland, are significant.
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City on a Hill
Read More: City on a HillI can never relive the experience of Amiens Cathedral, even after all the time I spent in its cavernous space that summer of 2023.
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Full Circle
Read More: Full CircleMy father had no idea of his Reformed lineage; that his granddaughter would become a pastor and that he had generations of ‘dominees’ in his family.
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Young and Old Alike
Read More: Young and Old AlikeIt was 50 years ago this month that the Institute for Christian Studies (ICS) held its first Family Conference in Niagara, Ontario, on the August long weekend.