September 2017
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Features
News
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A year after a wildfire that devastated parts of the northern Alberta city of Fort McMurray,
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Jamie VanderBerg has been with Guelph Campus Ministry (GCM) since 2005,
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Every Monday evening, Covenant Christian Reformed Church in Edmonton, Alta., is filled with 80 to 100 individuals having fun,
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children in kindergarten through third grade are learning about and doing justice every other Sunday
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Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Waterdown, Ont., has donated the use of its vacant parsonage to Eagles Nest Association of Waterdown;
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Leaders from Christian Reformed classes (regional groups of churches) met this month to explore the purpose and practice of classis.
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Wellsburg (Iowa) Christian Reformed Church celebrated its 150th anniversary on July 8
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On July 15, two cyclists affiliated with Sea to Sea were hit by a motor vehicle while on a training ride for the cross-continent bike tour.
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In downtown Niagara Falls, Ont., children are learning about art and social justice through a series of summer day camps run by Christian Reformed Church plant The Bridge.
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Four graduates of the engineering program at Dordt College recently won the grand prize for their work on a bridge for the people of Liberia,
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In July 14 people from the young people’s group of Beaverdam Christian Reformed Church in Hudsonville, Mich., traveled 1,000 miles
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Uniting around black culture within the context of Reformed Christianity
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Described as “a new kind of CRC event,” Inspire 2017 was two-and-a-half years in the works.
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At Inspire 2017, held Aug. 3-5 in Detroit, Mich., four keynote speakers and more than a hundred other participants shared
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Custer, S.D., in the Black Hills was the setting for the 2017 International Camporee
In Memoriam: Rev. Michael (Mike) Reitsma
1944-2017READ MOREPastor, visionary, church planter, leader, and mentor, Michael Reitsma had a huge heart for both God and people.
In Memoriam: Rev. Michael DeVries
1935 - 2017READ MOREMichael De Vries was passionate about proclaiming Jesus as the boundary-breaking, socially transforming Savior and Lord.
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More than 800 youth, youth leaders, and volunteers gathered in Waterloo, Ont.,
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With “Transformation - Shining Christian Lives to the World” as the theme,
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Does God really want to dwell in us? If we know the answer is yes, do we truly believe this?
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Janice Schuurmans, a member of Middleville (Mich.) Christian Reformed Church, said she felt called to run a 54-mile ultra marathon
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Thirteen-year-old Julia LaGrand of Eastern Avenue Christian Reformed Church, in Grand Rapids, Mich., won the national title at The Braille Challenge reading competition
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On June 29, Dr. Thomas Hoeksema, former chair of the Christian Reformed Church’s Committee on Disability Concerns, was presented the 2017 Henri Nouwen Award.
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Elora VanderWal has entered several Royal Canadian Legion Literary and Art Contests,
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Earlier this month, 21 teens had a chance to play and see the inner workings of several organs.
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Risk taking and trusting others are important lessons children grasp when learning the game of soccer.
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The grade 2 and 3 Sunday school students at Waterloo [Ont.] Christian Reformed Church received a visit in June
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For one group of young people, a week spent in Vancouver, B.C., could very well be their summer 2017 highlight.
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Three Christian Reformed Church members were honored this spring with national recognition by the Word Guild,
Columns
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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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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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The artist Propaganda discovered poetry, spoken word, and hip-hop through friends he met in college.
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Good Bible software improves our ability to study God’s Word.
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In Every Job a Parable, author John Van Sloten encourages readers to see their jobs with new eyes.
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What is our role as parents in encouraging our college-age son’s faith formation?
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Burma, now Myanmar, has been a difficult country for minorities, including the Karen people,
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I don't want to spend my retirement years in a selfish manner.
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What do oceans, swamps, seas, lakes, and streams all have in common?
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A time will come to sit
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Why are frogs so happy?
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For 12 years I worked as the chief student life officer at two Christian colleges.
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Stormy Seas tells the harrowing stories of five young refugees.
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In my previous editorial, I suggested that biblical justice combines both the concepts of retributive justice and social justice.
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Henrietta Lacks, a young black mother and wife, died of cervical cancer in 1951
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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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Solomon said, “It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting,
Our Shared Ministry
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Nicole is a writer and artist, a mother, a wife, and a child of God.
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Christian Reformed Church representatives to the General Council meeting of the World Communion of Reformed Churches
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For 17 years, Calvin Seminary has helped high school juniors and seniors face their futures
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Anican Prosy and her family were totally dependent on her husband’s income.
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I remember witnessing door-to-door as part of my congregation’s youth group in the 1970s.
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Jane Ejulo had deep desires for her family’s physical and spiritual well-being,