What is this, a joke?
WWJLA – What Would Jesus Laugh At
What is this, a joke?
WWJLA – What Would Jesus Laugh At
Things fall apart
It was a week of things coming apart. A line from W.B. Yeats ran through my head on repeat: “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.”
Peter Schuurman wins national award for “Fractured Flocks”
The Word Awards, known as the premier event celebrating “the work of Canadian writers who are Christian,” were announced at a gala on June 11.
Christian Courier and good-news, 21st-century living
Why does Christian Courier still exist in 2014? How can a print biweekly compete in the digital Information Age? As an Editor half the age of the newspaper I work for, I wrestle with these questions, and more.
Rachel Marie Stone: Bringing grace to the table
“Food is connected to how we live,” Stone says, and her work seeks to find ways “to bring grace into our conversations about food.” Here are some snippets of our conversation on this good gift from God and our complicated relationship with it.
The #IF: Gathering and a Call to Arms for Christian Women
Jennie Allen of Austin, Texas had a vision: to gather, equip and unleash this generation of Christian women.
Her friends had a question, not unrelated: If God is real, then what?
Allen put the two together and watched a small idea snowball, thanks to social media, into the largest interdenominational Christian women’s conference in years.
Churches and Funerals
We investigated three main questions: Does your church charge for the use of its facilities? Does your pastor receive an honorarium, and if so how much? And is any other staff member remunerated? It quickly became clear that no Christian Reformed church is making a profit from funerals.
The Courage to Lead
“You should apply for Editor of CC.” I’m teaching at Redeemer when Bert Witvoet emails me. For at least a month, I ignore him. I’m 29. The timing just doesn’t seem right. But when Bert asks a second time, I pull my crazy resume together and decide to ask Hugh Cook, my former professor, for a reference the next time I see him.
