Hospitality in the age of allergies
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Hospitality in the age of allergies

I get exasperated by the fad diets and pop “science” that lately has been leading so many people to eschew wheat or embrace smoothies for scientifically unproven reasons. Yet, when a friend of mine decided to try eating gluten-free to address her ongoing intestinal distress, I suddenly found myself combing the Internet for new recipes and baking gluten-free bread for her. Why the abrupt change? Love.

Set apart for healing and hope
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Set apart for healing and hope

After five years at the Centre, its current Director, Visser-Wikkerink, is attempting to read the Bible from a more indigenous perspective, assisted by the community at the Centre and Indigenous theologians in Canada. Her goal is to let go of the western European constructs through which most CRC members view the Bible.

Q. ‘Why do kids get cancer?’
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Q. ‘Why do kids get cancer?’

Rick van Manen looks at the question ‘Why do kids get cancer?’.

Redemptive windows
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Redemptive windows

Reflection, debate and curiosity have always surrounded miracles. By definition, miracles are mysterious. They resist air-tight definition.

Churches commit to climate justice
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Churches commit to climate justice

Desmond Tutu is certainly no stranger to the pursuit of justice. Best known for his part in the anti-apartheid struggle in his native South Africa, Tutu referred to climate change as “the moral struggle that will define this time.”

The #IF: Gathering and a Call to Arms for Christian Women
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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.

Can Kuyper Still Speak?
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Can Kuyper Still Speak?

As Reformed Christians, while we don’t take church tradition as authoritative for the life of faith today, what God has done in history can be an inspiring motivation for following Christ faithfully in our own time and place. Does someone like Kuyper have anything to offer us today?

Soul Repair for Afghan Vets
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Soul Repair for Afghan Vets

All of the soldiers who committed suicide had served tours of duty in Afghanistan, which has raised the level of debate about how to support veterans as they transition from military to civilian life. The discussion remains focused on psychological issues and their apparent solutions: mainly, mental health services and improved job prospects, such as special employment programs.

But the spiritual dimension has been missing from the public discussion so far, and without it, successful reintegration cannot happen.