In the final weeks of my mom’s life, she made me a promise.
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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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Thank you for publishing “The Emotional Lives of Men”.
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We do not have many children in our church. Our volunteers are wondering if it is worth their time and the church’s resources to have a Sunday school class with only one or two children.
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The original 1982 Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, is set in 2019, a time when Los Angeles is a dark, dreary, and rainy place.
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Four years have passed since a young couple, Hector and Lilia, illegally crossed from Mexico into the United States.
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How do you spend your day? Are you worried about “what ifs”? Do you compare yourself with others and always come up short?
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Eleanor Davis is a comic artist who enjoys cycling. She challenged herself to ride a bike from her parents’ home in Tucson, Ariz., to her home in Georgia, a trip of 1,800 miles.
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Novelist Kent Haruf passed away in November, 2014.
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When 12-year-old Jessie and her family rent an old cottage for six weeks in a remote area, she finds a wooden platform—a dilapidated raft—floating on the nearby murky body of water ominously named Quicksand Pond.
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Kristene DiMarco’s first record as part of Bethel Music, Where His Light Was, resounds with a hopeful message.
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When new people come to my church, I am nervous their presence will change what I like about my church. Any advice?
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A few years ago my wife and I took a five-week road trip.
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Lord, are you the one? Who summons a friend when darkness descends and hope is lost, and we need someone to talk to?
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Darlene Zschech wrote a beautiful hymn some 20 years ago called “The Potter’s Hand” that is still sung in congregations today.
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We’re looking for funny church signs and bulletin bloopers.
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Pastor Max Lucado offers practical, godly advice on anxiety in his latest book, Anxious for Nothing.
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Alisa Turner is one of a seemingly endless stream of worship leaders and songwriters from Nashville who are turning out new music to encourage the church and help us worship.
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Living in the shadow of her older sister,
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Aventurine is bored with the family caverns, tired of learning, and ready to try her wings in the outside world.
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This October marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
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What is our role as parents in encouraging our college-age son’s faith formation?
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Our bodies are amazing.