Doug's Substack
Douglas BrouwerA pastor's reflections on faith, literature, and the examined life
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From Heather Cox Richardson to Olivia Smith: My week as a digital literary sensation
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If you follow me here, you likely know me from one of a few places: we might have survived high school together, you might have had to sit through my sermons for several years, or maybe we met for coffee in...
Wiley Wilson
The first time I visited Wiley Wilson, I didn’t want to leave. He was seated in a wheelchair — I never saw him any other way — in a room to himself at the Appledorn Assisted Living Center in Holland, Michigan. Whatever had brought him there...
Book Review: You Can Trust a God With Scars
Dear subscribers: I’ve spent forty years in pastoral ministry, and I've had hundreds of conversations like the ones Jared Ayers describes in his new book — people hovering at the edges of faith, not quite willing to leave, not quite able to...
The Pastor Who Needed a Pastor
When I retired from ministry after nearly four decades, I did what most pastors do: I joined a church.
First Presbyterian Church in Holland, Michigan, seemed like the natural choice. I wrote an email to the pastor — her name was Linda — an...
What I Cannot Fully Explain
As I was lacing up my Saucony Peregrine trail runners this morning for my daily walk, I realized the shoes were not going to last until October. That’s when I plan to walk the Italian stages of the Via Francigena — a medieval pilgrimage rou...
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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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