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When I Grow Up, I Want to Be . . . Faithful
It’s spring, which means many young (and some not-so young) people are preparing to graduate from high school, trade school, college, or graduate programs. Truthfully, for most people, graduation is...
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From Reformed to Orthodox: Thinking Deeply About Differences
Today’s guest blogger is Joe Everett. Joe is a 25-year-old who was raised in the Christian Reformed Church and the affiliated Eastern Christian School system, but became an Orthodox Christian five...
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The Dirty Secret of a Growing Church
Today’s guest blogger is Dirk VanEyk. Dirk is the pastor of Encounter Church in Kentwood, MI. It is one of the fastest-growing CRC churches in the region and on any given Sunday, can have up to 50%...
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What to Do When My Church Depresses Me
The way I see it, my church is currently in a sad state. We’ve been without a pastor for over a year now and slowly it is taking its toll. It’s clear that, when our pastor left, numerous people were...
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Fake It ‘Til You Make It
Sometimes I feel like I’m an imposter in the land of adulthood. I’ll turn 31 this year (teetering on the precipice of young adulthood), but I don’t always feel like I really belong with the grown-ups....
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Denying Our Image of God
“What am I going to do with my life?!” I feel like this question comes up in conversations with people in all stages of life…. The 22-year-old who just graduated college and realizes that teaching is...
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Why Singleness Brings You Closer to God than Being in a Relationship Will
Admittedly, I have been in a lot of relationships throughout my life. Some were popularity moves and comforts (those darn high school years) and others were pursuits of the daunting Christian journey...
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What God Taught Me By Having Kids
Studies suggest that millennials are waiting longer than previous generations to have children (or deciding not to have them at all). And while things obviously vary depending on the circles you run...
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I’m currently living in León, Nicaragua – as of right now I’ve been here for just over 5 weeks and have until December 11 in this beautiful country. I’m here to learn Spanish and to take a break from...
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You Can’t Find Happiness By Yourself
Many Americans like to point out that our nation was founded on powerful claims about the self-evident truth of humanity’s unalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Phrased that...
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