Doug's Substack
Douglas BrouwerMusings at the intersection of faith and life
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The Prodigal Son's Older Brother
Someone should have taken me aside.
I don’t remember why, but in one year as a student pastor (essentially a seminary intern) at the Trinity Christian Reformed Church in Iowa City, Iowa, I had already preached the parable of the prodigal s...
America at 250: A Road Trip Memory
Every Fourth of July, I find myself thinking about the long summer road trips I took with my family when I was a boy. Three weeks. Buick Electra. My sisters and me wedged into the back seat, not with screens but with library books, watching...
Reading my way to a novel
I’m pleased to announce that I was offered a contract last week for my debut novel. My attorney, for whom I’ve been making morning coffee for nearly 50 years, is now carefully reviewing it. And because the contract isn’t signed, I can’t rev...
Bent Forward and Eager for the Future
I grew up among the Dutch Calvinists in western Michigan, which is about as far from Brooklyn as you can get, not just geographically but culturally. And yet, when I was in high school, I kept a nearby Waldenbooks in business by reading eve...
The Quiet Miracle of Theo of Golden
The whisper network brings a novel to your door.
I came to Theo of Golden the way most people seem to have — through a kind of literary osmosis, the whisper network of readers passing a name along.
Allen Levi, a 69-year-old first-time...
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A Presbyterian pastor for 45 years — most recently in Zürich, Switzerland — I am the author of seven nonfiction books, including The Traveler's Path (2026 Wilbur Award of Excellence) and the memoir Chasing After Wind.
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