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  • How Cubans Influenced the CRC

    This is the last installment in a short series. You can see the previous blog posts on this topic here. In the U.S., Cubans faced difficult questions of how to integrate into a church body that worked...
    April 25, 2022
  • A Green Burial

    What happens to you when you die? No, this question isn’t about your soul. It’s much more literal. What happens to your actual body when you die? This is an often uncomfortable question, only broached...
    April 22, 2022
  • Justice Prayers - April 20, 2022

    “We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because he holds tightly to us.” - R. C. Sproul U.S. to Resume Leasing Federal Lands for Oil, Gas Last Friday, the Interior Department...
    April 20, 2022
  • What Cuban Refugees Brought With Them

    This is the second of a 3 part blog series on the experiences of Cuban immigrants in the Christian Reformed Church. And stay tuned for the 3rd and final installment coming up! This blog series is...
    April 18, 2022
  • How Cuban Refugees Came to the U.S.

    As a denomination started by Dutch Reformed immigrants in 1857, the CRCNA is familiar with the immigrant experience. Like many immigrant stories, the migration journey for the Dutch was long and...
    April 15, 2022
  • Justice Prayers - April 13, 2022

    "Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God. Carry the light-giving Message into...
    April 13, 2022
  • Where Do We Go From Here?

    I was out having coffee with a friend a little while ago when the subject of vaccination status came up. Perplexed by their stance, I approached the conversation cautiously optimistic, asking...
    April 11, 2022
  • Nancy's House

    Restorations has long advocated for specialized residential programs to address the unique concerns and needs experienced by survivors of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. While...
    April 8, 2022
  • Justice Prayers - April 6, 2022

    "You groped your way through that murk once, but no longer. You’re out in the open now. The bright light of Christ makes your way plain. So no more stumbling around. Get on with it! The good, the...
    April 6, 2022
  • Bending the Arcs

    In one of this Sunday’s lenten lectionary texts, the prophet Isaiah conveys a vision to exiled Israel: Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters, who brings out...
    April 1, 2022
  • Justice Prayers - March 30, 2022

    "It started when God said, “Light up the darkness!” and our lives filled up with light as we saw and understood God in the face of Christ, all bright and beautiful." - 2 Corinthians 4:6 Indigenous...
    March 30, 2022