Big Questions

Our church council called a special congregational meeting to vote on calling a chaplain. Is that necessary when the chaplain isn’t going to be working at our church?

There are several layers inherent in your question.

There are some important guiding Reformed principles that could lead us to more convergence.

Microchurches find their purpose and identity in being God’s sent ones.

A family who has a son with special needs has recently begun attending our church. How do we help make this transition into our church programs good for this family?

I have thousands of photos in the cloud. I know they are not really in a cloud in the sky, but where are they?

Our council sometimes meets all together and sometimes separately with only elders or deacons. How do we know what each group can decide?

It can be hard not to know what one ought to do. It feels as if it would be easier if God let us know directly what we ought to do next! But that is not how God usually works.

The electricity has to come from somewhere, and power plants emit carbon. Am I really being a better steward buying an electric vehicle than an efficient gas-powered vehicle?

My next-door neighbor and I are both moms in our 30s with kids close in age. I’ve tried to form a friendship with her, but she is not interested even in casually chatting. I am disappointed. What should I do?

Our society’s growing understanding of the significance of community seems to resonate with Scripture and God’s desire for God’s world.

We must first remember that what is done with the bodies of Christians doesn’t decide their everlasting destiny.

Doesn’t God grant us faith by grace? Why do we need to “form” faith?

As a boomer (born between 1946 and 1964), perhaps I’m a lost cause when it comes to changing my bad habits online, but what about our kids and grandkids? Is there anything we can do?

1 Corinthians 4 says that we are “stewards of the mysteries of God.” What did the apostle Paul mean by that phrase? How can one “steward a mystery”?

Issues some people regard as political are what others regard as core kingdom-of-God issues that must be engaged.

Isn’t getting a job enough? Do I really need to have a career or a vocation?

Should Christians receive a vaccine that uses aborted fetal cells in its production?

Jesus tells us to proclaim that “the kingdom of God has come near,” but what does that really mean?

I’ve reached the third third of my life. What does faith formation look like after a life of going to church and being serious about my faith?

What is gaslighting, and how do we respond to people who gaslight us?

We want to put up a clothesline to dry our clothes outside in warm weather so we don’t have to waste gas or electricity using a dryer. However, our housing subdivision prohibits clotheslines. What do we do?

How many categories of members do we have in the CRC? What should councils do about members who disappear?