“In your relationships with one another,” Paul wrote (from prison!), “have the same mindset as Christ Jesus” (Phil. 2:5). That’s the verse chosen as the theme of the Christian Reformed Church’s (CRC) Synod 2023, taking place this week in Grand Rapids, Michigan – and its focus on relationships is a fitting one. That’s because members…
“I think it’s just people being stupid,” one man says. “They’re drinking or whatever. Horse-playing. They end up falling in.” “I think there is a possibility that it was foul play,” a woman says. “I also think it could be just, you know, a result of being drunk by the riverbank.” Those quotes are from…
ON April 4, the All Ontario Youth Convention (AOYC) announced that its three-day May weekend was being canceled over concerns about the main speaker’s beliefs around sexuality and marriage. The speaker that had been hired was Kevin Makins, author of Why Would Anyone Go to Church? and pastor of Eucharist Church, a congregation with affirming practices in…
Angela, Editor of CC, wrote this as a companion piece to her editorial in March. Did you ever wonder if your mom really had eyes in the back of her head? If so, you’re not alone. Ripley’s Believe it or Not asked 1,000 kids between six and eight years old if they thought their parents…
A few years ago, I was on Council as an elder at our church. This was before the pandemic; our congregation at the time was fairly large, around 700 professing members. I am not a numbers person but I would get a copy of the budget, like everyone else. We would vote on a few…
It was only two pages at first. A single, double-sided sheet. Paul De Koekkoek, pastor of First Christian Reformed Church (CRC) in Edmonton, wrote the articles and paid for the issues to be mimeographed and mailed to churches and interested individuals across Canada. In April 1946, De Koekkoek proposed (in Dutch) that the CRC denomination…
Jesus doesn’t sit still very often in David Hayward’s cartoons. He’s on the move: rescuing gay sheep, spray-painting church signs, and – on the cover of Hayward’s new book, Flip it Like This – showing a woman how to upend money-laden tables. Remember those plastic bracelets from the 90s asking “WWJD?” The question always had,…
“The angels explained things to Joseph after he’d talked to Mary, not before. Be patient when you don’t understand.” – Bob Goff, Live in Grace, Walk in Love (389) He’s usually in the background. If the kids in your church are putting on a nativity play, it’s one of the minor roles. He might lead…
“Mount Doug is a good short hike. If it’s a clear day you should be able to see the Olympic mountains in Washington,” Meghan texted me. “You’ll find lots of arbutus trees – a rare species only on Vancouver Island and parts of Vancouver. They have funky multicolour bark and look almost biblical.” I’m writing…
During the Christian Reformed Church’s Synod, I was surprised when an overture asking that clergy “curtail pornography use” didn’t pass – especially because “curtail” already sounds toothless in this context. Surely “halt all pornography use immediately” would be better? So I called the Director of Safe Church Ministry, Amanda Benckhuysen, for an explanation. The overture…
“‘Monsters aren’t real, are they mommy?’ And time stood still as everything I hear [in court], every day, flashed in my mind . . .” Rachael Denhollander was the first woman to publicly accuse sports doctor Larry Nassar of sexual assault, part of the army of more than 200 Nassar abuse survivors whose testimonies led…
1. After you read a CC article, do you: a) Email the writer about a similar CBC storyb) Return the borrowed copy to your momc) Clip it out to save in a manila folderd) Post a link on Facebook 2. If you email me, are you more likely to: a) Recommend a new book we…
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