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Work has moved online for most who are still working. Social distancing and the “stay-at-home” order isolates us, making us feel out of touch and socially disconnected.

I am a risk, not a certainty. If the coronavirus comes for me, the doctors could use their point system to give a ventilator to someone else instead.

Of course, I am only human, and while there are many times where I am glad to hand over the reins to God, sometimes fear and anxiety creep their way back in.

As Martin Luther King, Jr. reminded us more than 50 years ago, “a riot is the language of the unheard.”

It was a day that would be etched forever in my memory and would change how I view life.

As our communities begin to think about the gradual reopening of other businesses, parks, and services, it is important that church leaders also carefully consider what your congregation will do as these restrictions are lifted.

The fight, flight, or freeze reflex may kick in when people of conscience see or hear about the latest incident of Black death.

The Banner is the official magazine of the Christian Reformed Church in North America, but it is neither the CRC’s megaphone nor its independent critic.

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Abraham Kuiper warned that “if social developments continue to follow the present course, life on earth will become less and less a heaven and more and more a hell.”

When contagion emptied the cathedral, people painted Mary and Jesus huddled in alcoves and on the walls of streets hardly more than alleys. Prayer continued there.

Psalm 109:6 essentially reads, “Condemn my enemies, and may all the devils of hell welcome them with open arms.”

Being stuck at home these past months because of the pandemic, I’ve found myself falling into a slower pace.

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Is it possible for two people who hold different views on an issue to sit beside each other in church and be in unity? 

My husband and I moved to the U.S. 16 years ago.

I have come to realize that Christians are unwittingly selective, and the outcome is a lopsided Christianity.