https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:56:47 +0000 Fri, 17 Nov 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/meet-scholarship-recipient-benet-dogonyaro The Multiracial Student Scholarship Fund is one of the strategies employed by Thrive, the CRCNA’s congregational services agency, to develop multiracial congregational leadership in the CRC denomination. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/meet-scholarship-recipient-benet-dogonyaro Fri, 17 Nov 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/join-us-reconciliation-retreat-july-30-august-3-2023 There are a few spots left at the Healing Hearts, Transforming Nations Retreat at Rivendell on Bowen Island. Register today! The retreat runs from Sunday, July 30, through Thursday, August 3. Anne Duifhuis https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/join-us-reconciliation-retreat-july-30-august-3-2023 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/podcast-towards-reconciliation 1Life podcast host Erik Delange sat down with George deVuyst, Joseph Nyamutera, Reggie Smith, and Barbara Pennings for a discussion on the Healing Hearts, Transforming Nations workshop. Anne Duifhuis https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/podcast-towards-reconciliation Thu, 13 Jul 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/scholarship-recipients-host-chapel-service Over 30 people attended the weekly chapel at Calvin Theological Seminary (CTS) on April 26, 2023. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/scholarship-recipients-host-chapel-service Mon, 19 Jun 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/progress-progress “...who despises the day of small things...” (Zechariah 4:10) Reginald Smith https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/progress-progress Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/aim-higher-cultural-understanding Some people seem to complain that there is too much hype about cultural intelligence and its significance. But I beg to differ. Here is how I came to see its value. Neulsaem (Sam) Ha https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/aim-higher-cultural-understanding Thu, 23 Feb 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/charleston-church-shooting-and-suspended-vengeance Dylann Roof wanted to start a war. On June 17, 2015 Roof felt his white race was losing the battle in maintaining the white Southerner’s way of life, the way of life where black people knew their place. Reginald Smith https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/charleston-church-shooting-and-suspended-vengeance Tue, 31 Jan 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/selma-mlk-and-us “We are in Selma to negotiate, to demonstrate, and to resist.” So says Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the film Selma. Shannon Jammal-Hollemans https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/selma-mlk-and-us Mon, 09 Jan 2023 18:06:46 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/rwanda-why-i-changed-my-mind-about-race-relations When I arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, in October 2022, it was in the dark of night after a 17-hour flight from Grand Rapids with stops in Detroit and Amsterdam. Takia, a small-framed young Tutsi woman, found me in the airport. Reginald Smith https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/rwanda-why-i-changed-my-mind-about-race-relations Tue, 08 Nov 2022 14:28:18 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/champions-justice-dave-and-susie-lindner In celebration of the 50 years of the Office of Race Relations (ORR), we are featuring the stories of people in the CRC who have been actively demonstrating a passion for multicultural congregations and a commitment to antiracism. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/champions-justice-dave-and-susie-lindner Thu, 19 May 2022 19:55:03 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/standing-racism-gospel-thing-do Jesus came to give life and give it more abundantly. It was a promise he delivered by Crucifixion. Rudy Gonzalez https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/standing-racism-gospel-thing-do Tue, 17 May 2022 13:28:20 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/what-makes-church-multiracial Lately, I have been reading and researching the movement of multiracial churches in the United States. What makes a church multiracial? Are the music, the reading, and the prayer interpreted bilingually? A choir led by a different ethnic group? Multiethnic food or flags from other countries? Viviana Cornejo https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/what-makes-church-multiracial Tue, 10 May 2022 12:37:31 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/champions-justice-victoria-gibbs In celebration of the 50 years of the Office of Race Relations (ORR), we are featuring the stories of people in the CRC who have been actively demonstrating a passion for multicultural congregations and a commitment to anti racism. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/champions-justice-victoria-gibbs Mon, 11 Apr 2022 20:04:39 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/lot-here-just-isnt-right-my-soul  At a speaking event last week, an audience member, after listening to my Immigration 101 presentation, declared, “There’s a lot of this here that just isn’t right with my soul and I just need to say something.” Yes, girl, yes, there certainly is. Sarah Yore-Van Oosterhout https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/lot-here-just-isnt-right-my-soul Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:56:56 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/racism-and-sin-contempt Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. A true sociopath, he preyed on people, “Did God really say...” as he tempted Eve. She did not stand a chance. Rudy Gonzalez https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/racism-and-sin-contempt Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:19:36 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/champions-justice-bing-goei In celebration of the 50 years of the Office of Race Relations (ORR), we are featuring the stories of people in the CRC who have been actively demonstrating a passion for multicultural congregations and a commitment to antiracism. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/champions-justice-bing-goei Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:25:28 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/wheat-and-tares “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.” (Matthew 13:24-26 NKJV) Rudy Gonzalez https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/wheat-and-tares Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:21:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/racial-injustice-or-racialized-injustice Race Relations ministry staff is pleased that the Council of Delegates recently approved a new, temporary, US-only mandate for the CRC’s Race Relations ministry (see the entire new mandate below.) Before describing all these modifiers, I want to explain a particular word used in the new mandate, Mark Stephenson https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/racial-injustice-or-racialized-injustice Wed, 27 Oct 2021 18:23:39 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/champions-justice-sheila-holmes In celebration of the 50 years of the Office of Race Relations (ORR), we are featuring the stories of people in the CRC who have been actively demonstrating a passion for multicultural congregations and a commitment to antiracism. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/champions-justice-sheila-holmes Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:12:31 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/what-about-truth-and-reconciliation Warning: This article includes stories that deal with sensitive subjects, including trauma and abuse. “I always sleep with the light on,” she explained to me “bad things happen in the dark.”  Jessica Boy https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/what-about-truth-and-reconciliation Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:04:47 +0000