Too Busy?
Are ministers today too busy? Not busy enough? Maybe it’s time for churches to re-evaluate the role.
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Are ministers today too busy? Not busy enough? Maybe it’s time for churches to re-evaluate the role.
Our confessions sketch a deep, rich theology that rewards those who dig deeper.
Terrorism, unrest in the Middle East, spiking oil prices, and Qur’an burnings.
Thanks for your excellent editorial “True Dialogue”
Q.
When my son was younger, we were working on the sounds that different letters make. At one point we worked on days of the week:
Sometimes the most wonderful sound in the heat of summer can be the music of an ice cream truck.
Four years ago, shortly after our church moved into its new ministry center, a member of the congregation sent three plants in celebra
The CRC’s drift toward centralization is moving authority away from synod.
It won’t be a quiet week in Bannerland.
When I saw the April Banner, I was pleased to see the Christus Rex from the chapel of Valpara
Q. I’m a mother raising three teenage boys on my own and I’m totally overwhelmed.
A father believed his son was spending too much time playing computer games.
A former drug addict testifies to God’s faithfulness.
At a time when budgets have been pruned and purse strings tightened, the outpouring of generosity following Haiti’s devastating
Throughout history, human beings have been struck by the wonder of mysteries we do not fully understand.
Have you ever been caught outside in a thunderstorm? Were you afraid you’d get struck by lightning or hit by a falling tree?
I attended a meeting recently in Washington, D.C., that left me deeply disturbed.
Rev.
As believers we certainly have our differences.
Two dog owners were arguing about whose pet was smarter.
It’s spring—time to tune in to creation!
Q.
In my humble opinion, our leaders should end their crusade to prod our denomination onto the Global Warming Bandwagon.