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View article: Apertif: Phased array feeds for the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope. System overview and performance characteristics
Apertif: Phased array feeds for the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope. System overview and performance characteristics Open
We describe the APERture Tile In Focus (Apertif) system, a phased array feed (PAF) upgrade of the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope that transforms this telescope into a high-sensitivity, wide-field-of-view L-band imaging and transient …
View article: Apertif: Phased array feeds for the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope
Apertif: Phased array feeds for the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope Open
We describe the APERture Tile In Focus (Apertif) system, a phased array feed (PAF) upgrade of the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope that transforms this telescope into a high-sensitivity, wide-field-of-view L -band imaging and transient…
View article: Words That Couldn't Be Spoken
Words That Couldn't Be Spoken Open
"In the reign of terror created by the SS in occupied Holland, no one could speak the truth—no one."\nPosting about the power of words from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every…
View article: Unsettled Ground: The Whitman Massacre and its Shifting Legacy in the American West (Book Review)
Unsettled Ground: The Whitman Massacre and its Shifting Legacy in the American West (Book Review) Open
Reviewed Title: Unsettled Ground: The Whitman Massacre and its Shifting Legacy in the American West by Cassandra Tate. Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 2020. 280 pp. ISBN: 9781632172501.
View article: The Reluctant Politician
The Reluctant Politician Open
View article: Looking the World Back to Grace: The Art of Sara De Waal
Looking the World Back to Grace: The Art of Sara De Waal Open
View article: Labor Day: Stories of Work
Labor Day: Stories of Work Open
"Covid has forced us to honor people who’ve never made more than minimum wage yet suddenly have become irreplaceable."\nPosting about the value of work from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, cultur…
View article: Farmer Joe the Illustrator
Farmer Joe the Illustrator Open
View article: For Dr. Marlin Vanden Bosch: Professor, Poet, and Pitcher
For Dr. Marlin Vanden Bosch: Professor, Poet, and Pitcher Open
Editor's Note: Dr. Schaap published this eulogy in his Blogspot, Stuff in the Basement, on April 9, 2020, under the title, "Morning Thanks - Prof. Mike Vanden Bosch."
View article: "The Day of Realization": A Review Essay of Abbie Gardner's The Spirit Lake Massacre and Captivity of Abbie Gardner
"The Day of Realization": A Review Essay of Abbie Gardner's The Spirit Lake Massacre and Captivity of Abbie Gardner Open
View article: The Secret Treasure of Coming Home: Ruth Suckow Park, Earlville, Iowa
The Secret Treasure of Coming Home: Ruth Suckow Park, Earlville, Iowa Open
Editor's Note: This article was aired on Dec. 2, 2019, by Siouxland Public Media, KWIT FM 90.3 and KOJI FM 90.7, and published at https://www.kwit.org/post/secret-treasure-coming-home. This article is one in a series of broadcasts on KWIT …
View article: In Consideration of Three Works of Art
In Consideration of Three Works of Art Open
View article: Black Sunday: Poems (Book Review)
Black Sunday: Poems (Book Review) Open
Reviewed Title: Black Sunday: Poems by Benjamin Myers. Texas: Lamar University Literary Press, 2019. ISBN: 978-1942956631.
View article: A Downtown Ministry in Sioux Falls
A Downtown Ministry in Sioux Falls Open
View article: The Comfort Bird (Book Review)
The Comfort Bird (Book Review) Open
Reviewed Title: The Comfort Bird by Hylke Speerstra. Originially published in the Frisian language as De Treastfugel. Translated by Henry Baron. Niagara Falls, NY: Mokeham Publishing Company, 2017. 117 pp.
View article: Filled with Thanksgiving
Filled with Thanksgiving Open
"Once Otto and Becker start working together, Otto comes to the realization that this man—and the others, for that matter—don’t feel so much like an enemy."\nPosting about a story of thanksgiving from In All Things - an online jour…
View article: Some of Us Were Only Spectators
Some of Us Were Only Spectators Open
Editor's Note: Dr. James Calvin Schaap presented this award-winning article (memoir) at the 2017 Center for Western Studies History Conference at Augustana College, The theme for the conference was Vietnam.
View article: The Vision of Mary Medema Wilmeth
The Vision of Mary Medema Wilmeth Open
View article: Bringing What's Out There Home
Bringing What's Out There Home Open
View article: Willa Cather, Back Home, 1918
Willa Cather, Back Home, 1918 Open
View article: Empathy That is Simply Divine
Empathy That is Simply Divine Open
"When we stumble through the desert places of our lives, when we’d give anything for a drink, He understands."\nPosting about Christ's love for us from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, ar…
View article: Emily Hageman Critic's Choice
Emily Hageman Critic's Choice Open
View article: The Book of Job and Our Human Suffering
The Book of Job and Our Human Suffering Open
"In this world, people suffer. It comes with the territory. You can wish that fact not true, but you cannot wish it away. People suffer."\nPosting about the universal experience of grief and pain from In All Things - an online jour…
View article: Fifty Years Later, the Class of '68 Remembers
Fifty Years Later, the Class of '68 Remembers Open
View article: And a Cloud of Witnesses
And a Cloud of Witnesses Open
View article: Stories from River Bend Church
Stories from River Bend Church Open
Dr. Schaap's historical vignettes, Small Wonder(s), are aired weekly on KWIT-KOJI, 90.3 FM, in Sioux City, Iowa, and available on the station's website or at https://plus.google.com/u/0/collectin/UtiFIB
View article: Thy Word Have I Hid in My Heart
Thy Word Have I Hid in My Heart Open
"Something there is about music that won’t let go. Dementia robbed my friend’s mother of most of her sense, but when her children sang her favorite hymns, she was right there with them."\nPosting about hymns of the heart from In All Things…
View article: New Promise and a New Agenda
New Promise and a New Agenda Open
"Let’s be honest: Psalm 2, like some other psalms, suggests a story that’s blood-soaked and sometimes not so easy to love."\nPosting about God's promises fulfilled through David's story from In All Things - an online hub committed …
View article: The Earth is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West (Book Review)
The Earth is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West (Book Review) Open
Reviewed Title: The Earth is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West. Cozzens, Peter. New York: Knopf, 2016. 467 pp. ISBN: 978-0307958044.
View article: Humility on the Plains
Humility on the Plains Open
Editor’s Note: The paintings for Dr. Schaap’s article are used by permission of South Dakota State University.