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Tor de Vries

Parenting With A Chisel

The essence of each child is partly naturally born and partly shaped by us, and we still haven’t seen everything they will become.

3 min readAug 26, 2022

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Parenting With A Chisel

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Prayer in Schools Was Never the Answer

Christians really need to stop saying school shootings only happen because “they” took prayer out of schools.

6 min readMay 27, 2022

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Prayer in Schools Was Never the Answer

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Seeing Red at Turning Red?

Outrage about the new Disney/Pixar movie reveals some true colors.

3 min readMar 16, 2022

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Seeing Red at Turning Red?

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Forgiveness In Name Only

Christianity and Narratives of Eternal Guilt

5 min readJun 29, 2020

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Forgiveness In Name Only

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Tor de Vries

Black Lives Matter: They Are Us

As a white Christian and father, I am troubled by America’s response to racism, and haunted by James Baldwin’s words 60 years ago.

6 min readJun 10, 2020

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Black Lives Matter: They Are Us

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More Authority, Less Accountability

Excuses from Professionals Behaving Badly

4 min readNov 7, 2019

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More Authority, Less Accountability

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Tor de Vries

The View from 10,000 Miles

America became our museum as my kids and I took an epic road trip across the country.

7 min readSep 29, 2019

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Photo: a view from the road on Pike’s Peak mountain in Colorado.

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Christmas Carol Parenting

Some songs take on a different meaning when you have a parent’s perspective.

2 min readDec 24, 2017

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Thieves, Rejects, and Class Struggle: Six Holiday TV Classics Exposed!

The Grinch. Rudolph. Frosty. Even good ol’ Charlie Brown. Could there be more going on under the surface of these holiday flicks?

7 min readDec 18, 2017

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Thieves, Rejects, and Class Struggle: Six Holiday TV Classics Exposed!

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Dear Fathers of White Boys: What Color is the Future?

The way some white men tell it, they’re the true victims in America. What does this mean for future white men? These charts give us an idea…

5 min readSep 10, 2017

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Dear Fathers of White Boys: What Color is the Future?

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Tor de Vries

Tor de Vries

Father, husband, professor, designer, writer, philosopher, teller of dad jokes… but that’s redundant. Also at http://andimthedad.com and http://tordevries.net.

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