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Michelle Van Loon

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Michelle Van Loon’s Jewish heritage, spiritual hunger, and storyteller’s sensibilities have been informing her writing and shaping her faith journey since she came to Christ at the tail end of the Jesus Movement. She is the author of eight books, as well as numerous articles, and several full-length plays for the educational market.

She's been a church communications director, served on staff at Trinity International University, and been the U.S. Administrator for an educational ministry based in Jerusalem. She earned a graduate certificate from Northern Seminary in 2017. She's married to Bill, and is mother to three and grandmother to two. ...more

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Hi Michelle. The chapter in your book that deals with Jesus's genealogy is provocative to me, because I think the two different genealogies (Luke and Matthew) are "both Joseph's," and simply contradictory. So if I were to teach a class using your book, I would talk about how our personal genealogies often are put to apologetic ends--wanting to prove a Mayflower descendant, etc., then later prove to be partly invented?
Michelle Van Loon You are not alone in that assessment of the genealogies of Jesus. Some other scholars have posited that view. And while I have landed in a different p…moreYou are not alone in that assessment of the genealogies of Jesus. Some other scholars have posited that view. And while I have landed in a different place on the question, I do like your thesis about how our personal genealogies can be used to serve other ends, whether it is in seeking social status (joining the DAR, for example) or assimilating into US society (some of my husband's relatives hid their Jewishness so they could integrate into majority Gentile culture). Consumer DNA testing has challenged some but not all of those old narratives. If you ever teach a class using my book as a point of discussion, please invite me to visit via Zoom! :)
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If you were to pick your favorite of books you've written, which would it be? (If it's Moments and Days, please let me know your second favorite. I just finished reading it the first time through and am now going to re-read it at a slower pace.)
Michelle Van Loon What a fun question, Marcia! I'm so glad you liked "Moments & Days"!

This is going to sound like a dodge, but honestly, it's not. My favorite book is …moreWhat a fun question, Marcia! I'm so glad you liked "Moments & Days"!

This is going to sound like a dodge, but honestly, it's not. My favorite book is the one I'm praying and dreaming of writing next. I cherish every single one of the books I've had the honor of writing. But if I was going to suggest a good follow-up to "Moments & Days" to a reader, it would be "Born to Wander" because it captures another facet of what it is to follow God here and now. (less)
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“You and I are not the measure, or the focal point, or time. God is.”
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“Shabbat simultaneously pointed backward to the first day in Eden and forward to the final day when all of creation will find wholeness and rest in unbroken fellowship with God.”
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“[Jesus] was crucified before the beginning of the Sabbath and resurrected after the Sabbath had concluded. Jesus not only fulfilled God's intention for the Sabbath but also became our Sabbath.”
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