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?
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Read our regular columns on Faith Matters, Big Questions, Christian apologetics, Editorials, 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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Brian D. McLaren proposes a four-stage model of faith development in which questions and doubt are not the enemy of faith but rather a portal to a more mature and fruitful kind of faith.
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King Arthur's headstrong nephew embarks on a daring quest to confront the Green Knight, a mysterious giant who appears at Camelot.
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Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history. Grades 3-6.
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One of my friends reflected: at the end of our lives, what relationship will we have with our kids and others?
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A group of celebrated female authors, artists, and songwriters collaborate on an album-length response to God’s faithfulness to women throughout Scripture and in their own lives.
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Many aspiring actors, directors, or screenwriters have found the City of Angels to be hell on earth.
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I found that when students spoke about Christianity with people of other belief systems, they often reduced their faith to actions.
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Our society’s growing understanding of the significance of community seems to resonate with Scripture and God’s desire for God’s world.
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In the first Korean drama to hit No. 1 on Netflix, hundreds of cash-strapped contestants accept an invitation to compete in children's games for a tempting prize, but the stakes are deadly.
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Jesus ascended to heaven. End of story. But then how do we explain the many Christians, in nearly every century since, who claimed to have seen, heard, met, and touched Jesus in the flesh?
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This picture book about The Green Book tells the story of the man behind it and how this travel guide opened the road for a safer, more equitable America.
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I want this article to focus on the positive, since focusing on the positive can improve a person’s perspective.
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Seeking a fresh start, a nurse practitioner moves from Los Angeles to a remote Northern California town and is surprised by what—and who—she finds.
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A picture book about immigration, Watch Me is based on the author's father's own story.
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The much anticipated full-length debut record of the sibling trio Cain spells joy and celebration.
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For many years, I’ve tried to fit into other congregations, looking to serve as well as be served. I have cerebral palsy, which affects my movement and speech.
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A special reading section rounds up a dozen books to read during the festive days ahead.
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We must first remember that what is done with the bodies of Christians doesn’t decide their everlasting destiny.
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An eye-opening anthology from the bestselling editor of Histories of Nations explores how people around the globe have suffered and survived during plague and pandemic, from the ancient world to the present.
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Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.
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A young girl must find a way to help her family survive in a desolate and impoverished Bolivian silver mining community in this eye-opening tale of resilience.
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It’s important to us to share worthy letters with our general readership on the Reply All page.
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Every conspiracy, if it is going to gain a hearing and spread, will always appeal to our passions and prejudices, even when we know better.