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The Other 6
On Sundays many of us focus on worship, youth ministry, and other church activities. But how do we live out our faith the other six days of the week? Stories of discipleship, challenges, and how life experiences shape our faith.
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Last year Rev.
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The Bible is full of examples of people who had mentors in their walk of faith. Paul mentored Timothy. Moses mentored Joshua.
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It's 6:30 a.m.—another school day in our household.
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"I am a beautiful, much-loved child of God.” How difficult it really is to say those words.
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I’m 25 and I’m not married. I’m fine with that.
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In the midst of the busyness and noise of life, do you find it hard to stop and listen to God?
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A few years ago my church went through a vigorous and drawn-out debate over whether or not we should serve fair-trade coffee.
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The first New Year’s Eve I stayed up to watch the ball drop in Times Square, the anticipation was electric.
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Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year.
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Alyssa told me recently that what attracted her to our church was the sense that people are “alive and excited” about reachin
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I can still hear the gentle waves under my feet.
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When I asked our four graduates how parents should handle anxieties when sending children off to college, they responded, “Well, yo
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I GREW UP in the Christian Reformed Church and attended Christian schools that espoused a Reformed outlook.
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As a new and contented member of the ҵ, imagine my shock upon opening The Banner last spring and
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began my school year with a large set of keys in my pocket.
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The subject of this column’s previous article was the story of a young woman who grew up in a nondenominational church and subseque
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Our congregation in Pella, Iowa, went through a nasty split 10 years ago.
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What’s on the minds of the next generation of Reformed Christians?
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The right person for this position will possess strong relation
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I am an ice cream fan. If you open the freezer in my kitchen, you will surely see a bucket of ice cream, if nothing else.
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My husband’s grandmother, now 94, tells wonderfully detailed stories of her years as a missionary nurse in India and Africa.
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GERRY SHUDDERED at the thought. She was facing her first Christmas without her husband.