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  • Advocacy Works: Empowering to be a Voice for Change

    Welcome to our Advocacy Works series! Want to see other posts? Sign up here to receive them in your inbox. From April 21-24, Freshta was part of a group of people from three different Christian...
    May 7, 2017
  • Advocacy Works: A Poem about Advocacy

    Welcome to our Advocacy Works series! Want to see other posts? Sign up here to receive them in your inbox. From April 21-24, Hamza was part of a group of people from three different Christian Reformed...
    May 4, 2017
  • Advocacy Works: Advocacy as a Spiritual Practice

    Welcome to our Advocacy Works series! Want to see other posts? Sign up here to receive them in your inbox. In my job as an advocacy and policy analyst in Latin America, I work to build bridges and...
    April 30, 2017
  • Advocacy Works: Breaking the Chains

    Welcome to our Advocacy Works series! Want to see other posts? Sign up here to receive them in your inbox. Have you ever thought of advocacy as an act of worship or a step of discipleship? I hadn't...
    April 24, 2017
  • From Soundbites to Discernment

    Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat—there are a plethora of social media platforms used by stay-at-home moms and celebrities, private citizens and elected officials alike to communicate opinions...
    February 17, 2017
  • Potlucks, Prayer Vigils, and Protests

    I know that my heart is not the only heavy one out there. In the last couple weeks there have been unjust and violent events, and I find myself reeling emotionally, mentally and spiritually...
    February 3, 2017
  • God is in Control but I am Still Hurting

    I am heartbroken, scared, angry, and confused. As a woman, a Latina, a woman of color, and an immigrant living in the U.S. I feel so scared and unwelcome right now. I really thought that racism and...
    November 11, 2016
  • Preaching and Advocacy—Part of the Same Good News

    What does Mary Crickmore, a CRC missionary in Mali, West Africa, for over 30 years, have in common with Robert Moffat, a 19th century Scotsman who arrived in what is now Botswana, Southern Africa, in...
    October 17, 2016
  • Every Square Inch: 5 CRC Curricula

    August has arrived! If you’re a church leader, you may be looking for a curriculum for your small group, adult study classes, or youth group. In the words of Pastor Christy Knetsch, whose congregation...
    August 8, 2016