For 12 years I worked as the chief student life officer at two Christian colleges.
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Read our regular columns on Faith Matters, Big Questions, Christian apologetics, Shiao Chong's monthly Editorial, the Discover page (especially for kids), the Vantage Point, the Other Six, and letters from Christian Reformed Church members and our readers. Our online-only columns are As I Was Saying and Behind the Banner.
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What do oceans, swamps, seas, lakes, and streams all have in common?
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Last weekend, as I watched the terrible scenes from Charlottesville, Va., my heart was deeply troubled,
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Over the weekend of August 11-12 in Charlottesville, Va., violence broke out at a rally protesting the removal of a statue
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Her name is Semira*, and the cleaning services she offered were a Mother’s Day gift to me from my parents.
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I don't want to spend my retirement years in a selfish manner.
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A time will come to sit
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Solomon said, “It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting,
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Beautiful article on Highway 16 in B.C.
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As a preacher, I felt a bit awkward walking into Calgary’s Victoria Park CrossFit gym that morning.
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Back in my roaring twenties, I used to volunteer with something called the Committee for Contact with the Government (CCG).
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A guest preacher was about to begin the service.
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After God made all of the animals, he brought them to Adam to name.
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During a rally for Facebook users last month, Mark Zuckerberg laid out his dreams for the future of his social media behemoth.
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A few years ago I traveled to India with a group from my seminary.
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Happy Independence Day and Happy Canada Day!
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If I had to write a newspaper headline for Synod 2017 it would read “Tectonic fault lines in culture tear at Western Civilization.
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The girl sitting at the front of the bus had gotten sick all over the sidewalk just before boarding.
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Does Jesus still heal today?
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Once a year in the Netherlands, joggers in the park stop running for two minutes.
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“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”