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...
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...
"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...
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...
In the Biblical story known as the Parable of the Talents, an interesting, if not surprising, question is raised about investments. The Biblical story is not afraid to consider whether or not we make...
The sum of all our efforts didn’t add up and meet our expectations. We read books on how to renew a church. We discerned the future with the congregation. The Council met late into the night...
In this episode of Do Justice, Jodi Koeman of World Renew joins us to talk about churches engaging in asset-based development. We explore how listening, relationship-building, and justice can help...
I want to walk as a child of the light. I want to follow Jesus. God set the stars to give light to the world. The star of my life is Jesus. - I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light 30,000 Ordered to...
“Do you have any new year’s resolutions?” I asked students one time during a campus ministry Christmas gathering. “Yes, I want to be more spiritually grounded and sin less this new year”, one of the...