I remembered learning that if someone isn't speaking your love language, they can love you, but you won’t feel it.
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An estimated 150,000 children went through the residential school system, most of them traumatized and abused.
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The sexual revolution that started in the 1960s is now as pervasive and inescapable as the popup ads on our computer screens. Almost no home or family or person has been unaffected by it.
If Christians would again lead the way in prioritizing social responsibilities over personal rights, it could serve as a counter to the potential “fall of Christianity” in the global North.
지난 5월 브리티쉬 콜롬비아 캠룹스에 있는 원주민 어린이 기숙학교 부지에서 215구의 무명의 어린이 시체가 묻힌 것이 발견된 소식이 캐나다를 뒤흔들었습니다.
Throughout the Bible, stars are often used as a reminder of God’s awesome power shown through his beautiful and awe-inspiring creation.
As an Indigenous person who was adopted into a white family and then connected with my birth family and community later on in life, I’ve learned some important lessons.
With the pandemic winding down, we need a few basic godly goals to help us serve.
Jesus demonstrated how eternity could look by taking seriously people’s needs here on earth.
I look back with amazement at these four decades and find that I am still traveling, living often as a foreigner and stranger.
Though our representation may be flawed, Christ can turn our weakness into his strength.
Writer Charles C. Camosy echoes a call to courage for pro-life constituents to stand "clearly and firmly for prenatal justice regardless of the political consequences."
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Nature has the power to draw us out of ourselves.
Both nature and Scripture are God’s revelation, giving unique insights into God.
The real work in the church, just as in a family, is staying connected when things get hard, even if it gets painful.
My family and I are choosing to trust that the COVID-19 vaccine is a gift from God and the best way forward.
Donna was still on our minds. What was motivating her to stay on that bench? How could we help her? Did she need or want help?
Giving gifts is a lifestyle to the Indigenous people of Canada.
We know who we are: the Imago Dei. But will that make us humble and free us from offense? Wouldn’t it give us something to be proud of instead?
As a person with cerebral palsy, I struggle daily with keeping up, fitting in, and pressing on.
We want to put up a clothesline to dry our clothes outside in warm weather so we don’t have to waste gas or electricity using a dryer. However, our housing subdivision prohibits clotheslines. What do we do?
What is interesting to me is that Jesus still had the wounds from his crucifixion. Why would Jesus keep these wounds?
우리가 자부하는 교단 전체의 장점들이 교인 감소 문제를 해결할 수 있다면 지금쯤 다 해결되었어야 하지 않을까요?