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About the Substack

I occasionally learn something as an Episcopal priest from the United States planting a church and raising children in the Netherlands. Nothing you probably didn't already know, but just in case...
The title alludes to Hopkins' As Kingfishers Catch Fire

About Kyle Rader

American in the Netherlands, Episcopal priest, theology PhD-turned-church planter. Don't ask me how that happened!

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