Category: Blog

Training to see

Today’s guest post comes from Mark Roeda, pastor of South Bend Christian Reformed Church:    Learning to read resembles learning to ride a bike.  In

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February Blahs

If for some reason you wish to study that peculiar state of human existence called “the blahs,” I suggest you begin in the third week

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A Pentecostal Sunday

This is yesterday afternoon, a gorgeous February Sabbath, and that’s my grandson writing a message in the light snow on the Floyd River with the

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When a Pudding Cup is Grace

One of my favorite parts of my workweek takes place on Tuesday nights 4:00-5:30. It’s a time when we swing wide open the sanctuary doors

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Immunized

Because I have been invited to teach a preaching course at a conference in Uganda this coming August, I recently paid a visit to the

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Good + Books

Being good is complicated. I’ve just read two British novels, written over 150 years apart, that make that point. It fascinates me that of all

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Ho…What the…Hey!

I’m a sucker for award shows. Last weekend it was the Grammys; this week it’s the Oscars. I can honestly say I watched most of

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Ask the Right Question

Last night I received a teaching award at my college–most surprisingly and not a little discomfiting, as the remarks below indicate. But an occasion to

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