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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 five books, and has been a regular contributor at Christianity Today’s women’s blog and In Touch magazine. She's the co-founder of www.ThePerennialGen.com, a website for
midlife women and men.

She's been a church communications director, served on staff at Trinity International University, and serves as the U.S. Administrator for an educational ministry based in Jerusalem. cShe's married to Bill, and is mother to three and grandmother to two. Her writing focuses on issues of the church and spiritual formation.

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	Moments & Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith 4.11 avg rating — 45 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If Only: Letting Go of Regret 3.87 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Born to Wander: Recovering the Value of Our Pilgrim Identity 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uprooted: Growing a Parable Life from the Inside Out 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ParableLife: Living the Stories Jesus Told in Real Time liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Man and woman are made in the image of God, so we should long for complementarity in our friendships as we seek God above all things. – Aimee Byrd

The thesis of the 1989 movie When Harry Met Sally is that a man and a woman can’t be friends. Sexual attraction will always be a third party in the relationship. In the Evangelical world, there have been two solutions sparring like a set of mismatch...

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Why Can't We Be Friends?: Avoidance Is Not Purity

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