This dual perspective—love for a country and the thought that I would never fit in—has served me well.
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Even though that 2013 report named them, I wonder how much these fears have been openly acknowledged and transparently wrestled with by CRC leaders.
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I remember thinking, in the crowded sanctuary, lit purple and red with sweeping lights, “I am not this kind of Christian.”
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Jesus tells us to proclaim that “the kingdom of God has come near,” but what does that really mean?
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I jumped out of bed and followed him out to our terrace on the 24th floor. Thick, black smoke was rolling out from the North Tower of the World Trade Center six blocks away.
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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?
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During his ministry, Jesus continually showed how God values what we consider common.
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Richard Dawkins, one of Christianity’s fiercest detractors, declared in his best-selling book The God Delusion that “the God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction.”
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Baseball, the American pastime, is a sport that many parents and grandparents share with children. But do we bring the same intentionality to bear on passing down through the generations a desire to worship God?
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As I look at the miracles recorded in the four gospels, I see four general categories in which these miracles were performed: healing the body, casting out demons, controlling nature, and raising the dead.
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What is gaslighting, and how do we respond to people who gaslight us?
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One woman tells her story of navigating eight decades of growing and leading in the church.
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Migration is mysterious and amazing.
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I know Sunday mornings are not the peaceful, relaxed times that so many of your friends enjoy.
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From north to south and east to west the people in power in Canada and the U.S. historically have failed to see others in the image of God.
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In the wake of multiple announcements of discoveries of unmarked graves at former Canadian residential schools for Indigenous children, waves of agony have crashed across the country.
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A poem for these troubled times.
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I never experienced the God of rest until my junior year of college. I was sitting alongside the sandy shores of Lake Michigan and trying to not have an anxiety attack.
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I remembered learning that if someone isn't speaking your love language, they can love you, but you won’t feel it.
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An estimated 150,000 children went through the residential school system, most of them traumatized and abused.
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The sexual revolution that started in the 1960s is now as pervasive and inescapable as the popup ads on our computer screens. Almost no home or family or person has been unaffected by it.
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If Christians would again lead the way in prioritizing social responsibilities over personal rights, it could serve as a counter to the potential “fall of Christianity” in the global North.
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지난 5월 브리티쉬 콜롬비아 캠룹스에 있는 원주민 어린이 기숙학교 부지에서 215구의 무명의 어린이 시체가 묻힌 것이 발견된 소식이 캐나다를 뒤흔들었습니다.
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Throughout the Bible, stars are often used as a reminder of God’s awesome power shown through his beautiful and awe-inspiring creation.