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New to our church 10 years ago, my husband and I wanted to get to know more people.

eople are big! Jesus healed a blind man who, upon opening his eyes, said he saw people as trees walking (Mark 8:24).

In our local auto place, Dean, a mechanic, pulls me aside. “So, Keith,” he says, “head coverings.

The Golden Compass movie has created quite a stir for a number of reasons.

I know, I know.

Have a Heart

Make a fist with your right hand and look at it. Your heart‘s about that size.

I remember my first experience with mourning. I was in the first grade.

Fast from discontent.
Feast on gratitude.

Fast from anger.
Feast on patience.

Fast from worry.
Feast on fai

Bible

Q How can the Old Testament God who helps the Israelites destroy their enemies be t

Harry Potter

The cover and article concerning Harry Potter (“Harry Potter and the Way of Jesus”) in the January Banne

Thank you so much for “Pastoral Calls That Matter,” by Rev. Louis Tamminga (November 2007).

One Sunday morning years ago I walked beside a less-than-mobile elderly lady toward the front steps of a Christian Reformed church.

How do we keep love from petrifying into law?

What’s on the minds of the next generation of Reformed Christians?

The walrus said to the oysters, “The time has come to talk of many things: of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax &mdas

Have you ever seen counterfeit money?

There are lots of wonderful things to see in our world. But which ones are the most amazing of all?

Relationships

Q. Our daughter and her boyfriend are living together.

These books introduce you to the theory and practice of the spiritual disciplines:

Depending on when you read this, you could be filled with the hopeful glimmer of a shiny list of New Year’s resolutions or thorough

At a recent event, J.K. Rowling was asked whether the character Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of the Hogwarts School of Magic, was gay.

Wicca is the modern term for the practice of witchcraft.

How do we deal with evil?