Like a fly on a wall, I too can eavesdrop. I overhear because I am overlooked. Like God. Sometimes I get an earful.
Columns
Read our regular columns on Faith Matters, Big Questions, Christian apologetics, Shiao Chong's monthly Editorial, the Discover page (especially for kids), the Vantage Point, the Other Six, and letters from Christian Reformed Church members and our readers. Our online-only columns are As I Was Saying and Behind the Banner.
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In 1866 German immigrants founded a Christian Reformed congregation among the fertile fields of northern Illinois, 25 miles west of Rockf
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Finance
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Dinner, Anyone?
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Last week as I went to sign out Saving Money with the Tightwad Twins: Practical Tips for Women on a Budget, the librarian said I had a $9
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Fifty years ago I was a young, inexperienced 5th- and 6th-grade teacher in a rural Christian school near Lynden, Wash.
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“Santa” was good to me last Christmas (see editorial, Dec. ’06 issue). I got goats for HIV/AIDS orphans in Africa.
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The Common Cup coffee house in Rogers Park, Ill., looks and feels like many neighborhood java joints in the Chicago area.
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I always come early for morning services so I can take my place undetected under the back bench.
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New England isn’t the part of North America that springs to mind when someone says “Christian Reformed Church.” O
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We rarely think about the things listed on these pages. Yet each one makes a BIG difference in our lives.
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Relationships
Q I know a number of people who take antidepressants but never go for counseling.
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It really was, as the cliché goes, a dark and stormy night.
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Stopping Violence
Kudos to Rev. David Kromminga for his article “Being Baptized in a Violent World” (October 2007).
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Several weeks ago I attended a conference at Calvin College that focused on the Christian Reformed Church’s 150th birthday.
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Seen in Ebbetts Pass Sporting Goods Store in Arnold, Calif.,
—this promise: “Children who are not supervised while in
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The year of celebrating the 150th birthday of the Christian Reformed Church is drawing to a close.
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The Closet of Compassion
As the author of “The Closet of Compassion” (August 2007) says, it is risky to care about
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Being a church mouse is a lonely business.
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The right person for this position will possess strong relation
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Do you know any kids who have disabilities?
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James and Karen Garlock are devoted to God and to each other.
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The picture on the next page hangs in my church office. Parishioners often ask if there is a story behind it.
