Dear Lord, we need you

Dear Lord, we need you

Cathy here. Please excuse the public praying. I should be holed up in some lowly corner, sinner that I am. I need help, Lord, even to pray. So timid, afraid to speak peace, or even to speak at all. I need belief to overcome my unbelief. I distrust your promises, I doubt your call, I…

A Prayer for Our Times
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A Prayer for Our Times

O Father God, the Lord of all,the one who sent your sonwho mother-like her people calledto come to her for helpand safety from the comingholocaust of Rome or Hunand later still the Teutonand now the terror wreaked bySlav on brother, sister Slav today. . . peoples, nations, folk,who had no optionbut to choose to sufferas…

Kierkegaard & COVID
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Kierkegaard & COVID

Do you have an author you regularly return to for insight and wisdom? A voice you’ve come to trust, with a gift for making sense of our lives, our world, and perhaps also for making sense of God? The Danish theologian and philosopher Søren Kierkegaard has become such an author for me. When I go…

What I Didn’t Know About Prayer
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What I Didn’t Know About Prayer

One year ago, I stood before the members of my congregation and made my profession of faith. In the months leading up to that moment, I learned a lot about the Christian Reformed Church and spent time reflecting on my own journey as a Christian.

Prayer for an end to violence
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Prayer for an end to violence

God of the cross and the lynching tree,
of the jail cell and the street corner,
of the Bible study and the police car,
look upon the world you have made.

Biddag voor het gewas en arbeid:

Biddag voor het gewas en arbeid:

Springtime is when farmers wonder what the growing season will be like. Will they get adequate moisture after planting? Will there be windy, hot days with no rainfall for weeks at a time? Farmers have all experienced drought at some time in their lives.