We can hardly say this season’s greeting without first cracking a smile and knowing in our hearts that we are sharing in a joy that is beyond us and yet inside of us.
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Until I began navigating the challenges of communication with my son, I never thought of the ability to be heard as a privilege, a luxury available to some but not others.
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CRC members along a spectrum of opinions share their beliefs.
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An interview with Rudy Carrasco, contributor to the new book Uncommon Ground.
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We live in a time when a healthy financial life is increasingly difficult, particularly for young people.
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We believe there are biblical principles that point us toward a hopeful vision of Christian civic engagement.
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Bible scholars have pointed out that Matthew, the gospel writer, was drawing parallels between the Old Testament prophet Moses and Jesus.
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Church shopping became church hopping, then church stopping.
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The past few months of COVID-19, race relations, and vivid examples of police brutality further highlight the divisions that exist between us. How do we show Christian love?
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We gulp this brew down like poison. Someone needs to be blamed if we’re to make sense of this brokenness. Right?
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Perhaps this discussion is unfamiliar, but this pattern is well-worn and dangerous. If we are not tethered to the history of controversy, we start to long for a world that never existed.
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This year, 2020, is the first year in our history where over 50% of our candidates are “minority” by previous definitions. The minority has become the majority.
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What do we do with that loss? You can’t really have a funeral for someone who is still living. Yet a loss like this is in fact a death in the family.
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Silence in the face of the Holocaust’s horrors is appropriate. However, silence in the face of the anti-Semitism that triggered that genocide is inexcusable and persistent.
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We cannot lump all LGBTQ+ people into one category—just like we cannot lump all straight people into one category.
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Jesus’ way demanded guaranteeing the care of people rendered vulnerable by the society of the day. It demanded setting aside discrimination and offering a wholehearted welcome to diverse people.
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Jesus always called people not only to follow him, but to join with other disciples in doing so.
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There is even science to back up what we know just by experience: there is a calming effect from walking in a forest.
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Holy Saturday is the most in-between place of all because here the scriptural drama holds its breath.
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Books and stories can plant seeds of empathy, and to empathize with another is the beginning of peace.
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God has always been interested in getting to the heart of the matter (pun intended), so why don’t we move away from the externals as well?
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Black History Month is an invitation and an opportunity to dig deeper into U.S. and Canadian history and the accomplishments of black people in North America.
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Once, my mentee snuck out of our hotel in Washington, D.C., with her friends and proceeded to explore the city—without shoes on.
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Storms and challenges, promises and blessings—“Waterfalls” explores the complexity of life through these biblical themes.