“What can our church do together to join in God’s work of restoration and renewal so that all things might flourish?” This was the question posed to a group gathered on Sunday morning before worship...
My heart, my hands, they’re kingdom bound — glory. Where thorns no longer curse the ground — glory. Trim the wick and light the flame — glory. My work, it will not be in vain — glory. Oh, we labor...
It’s summer - that beautiful season of growth and warmth that Creator God has gifted to us! Time to enjoy first fruits like strawberries and asparagus in the garden, to luxuriate in the long days of...
I am indebted to the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA) and other Reformed traditions that have given heed to the profound contributions of the Belhar Confession. The CRCNA spent two...
In my trials, Lord, walk with me. In my trials, Lord, walk with me. When my heart is almost breaking, Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me. I Want Jesus to Walk With Me (An African American Spiritual)...
Two CRC women, Julia Prins Vanderveen from the First Christian Reformed Church of Vancouver and Marlene Wolters from the Frankford Christian Reformed Church, were among the graduates being honoured at...
History is not always in the past. This past week I had the opportunity of travelling with my family to Nova Scotia. At the beginning of our time there we visited Africville, a historic Afro Canadian...
but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,”...
The Dominican Republic has ramped up deportations of Haitian migrants—the General Directorate of Migration (DGM) reported the removal of 99,268 undocumented immigrants between January 1 and early...
An American and an Iranian walk into a cafe. The punchline sounds imminent, doesn’t it? Rumi (let’s call him) sits across from me and our paper cups of coffee on a busy high street corner. He moved to...
You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror. -...
One of my Bible favorites is the story of Jacob’s Ladder. Jacob was one of the Old Testament Patriarchs. He was the son of Isaac and the father of Joseph (of Technicolor Dreamcoat fame). But before he...
