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I really dislike singing the Christina Rossetti hymn “In the Bleak Midwinter” during Advent, both because I find it lacking in theological content, and because the final stanza makes me cry. In fact...
“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am...
Every week, a group gathers at the Lantern CRC Church to offer a light lunch, coffee, peppermint tea, and meaningful conversation. Every other week, through Cree Nation and Iksook, this hospitality...
I “attended” two funerals this month: I followed President Jimmy Carter’s funeral service on TV, and a funeral for a two month old infant was held in our church the following week. Superficially, they...
“Faith is a footbridge that you don't know will hold you up over the chasm until you're forced to walk out onto it.” ― Nicholas Wolterstorff, Lament for a Son Congo Rwandan-backed rebel faction M23...
Recently, l headed to the mall to meet a friend and her delightful, always adorably pigtailed 3-year-old. The mall is enormous—the largest in Canada—so for ease of finding each other, we met at the...
The National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) was created in 2006 at a conference which it sponsored at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey to enable the US religious...
"Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase." - MLK Jr 90 Palestinian women, children freed from Israeli prisons: Hamas releases first three Israeli captives Ninety...
Gary Timmermans shares about the CRCNA's multicultural cohort. These cohort brings together churches to share experiences, challenges, and successes in fostering intercultural ministry. Gary shares...
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked...
I am not usually one for New Year’s resolutions, but I thought I’d give it a try this year. My resolution? More tears. I’ll put the gym membership off for another year, keep the low-sugar recipes on...
When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the...
