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title: Jennifer Den Boer
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#  Jennifer Den Boer

 

 

 

 ![]() Jennifer Den Boer serves as an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Social Work at Dordt University and currently practices therapy at Elevate Therapy + Assessment. She enjoys serving families and children and teaching them how to regulate their nervous systems through play and to overcome challenges they may face with mental and emotional health in everyday life.

 

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## Articles by Jennifer Den Boer

  [     ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/iat-holding-space.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=56&h=33&f=webp&c=975ad993&v=cba529b24a5596bd8a6201a65ee8cad44d3e212565b989d30d9292f94ec25532)   Essays 

 Oct 09, 2026 

### Holding Space for the Mess: Trusting God's Sovereignty in Children's Stories

 By Jennifer Den Boer

In a world of constant feedback and perfectionistic ideals, how might the challenges of raising children prompt us to embrace God’s design for limits and trust in His sovereign plan?

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