https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Wed, 24 Apr 2024 02:22:17 +0000 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/immigration/prayer-asylum-seekers-us-border "I was a stranger and you welcomed me..." (Matthew 25) Loving God, For the families, children, men, women at our doorstep, aching with need for shelter, safety, a future, we cry out to you. CRCNA Justice https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/immigration/prayer-asylum-seekers-us-border Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/immigration/new-refugee-resettlement-program-opportunity This year the U.S administration introduced a new refugee resettlement program called Welcome Corps. This program allows individuals and groups to sponsor and resettle refugees without the support or financial assistance of resettlement agencies. CRCNA Justice https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/immigration/new-refugee-resettlement-program-opportunity Wed, 05 Jul 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/justice-journeys-gary-mulder-reflects-advocacy Twelve years ago, as he was retiring as Director of Faith Alive and planning to move to the Washington DC area, Gary Mulder received a call from Peter Vander Meulen, the then Director of the Office of Social Justice. Vander Meulen asked if Mulder would serve as an Office of Social Justi CRCNA Justice https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/justice-journeys-gary-mulder-reflects-advocacy Mon, 26 Apr 2021 20:40:11 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/immigration-our-story-call-more-interviews During the COVID19 crisis, we find ourselves in a unique circumstance of being stuck under our own roofs - many of us with our families. This is a great opportunity to hear and share family stories. Is immigration a part of your family’s story? Melissa Stek https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/immigration-our-story-call-more-interviews Sat, 25 Apr 2020 23:56:58 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/refugees/we-choose-love-over-fear “Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. JJ TenClay https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/refugees/we-choose-love-over-fear Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:15:08 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/indigenous-justice/indigenous-land-rights-are-under-threat Though born and raised in West Michigan, my career over the past six years has taken me to remote areas throughout Southeast Asia. Brendon Thomas https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/indigenous-justice/indigenous-land-rights-are-under-threat Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:54:35 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/creation-matters/climate-witness-project-campus-chapel Can you provide an overall picture of the Campus Chapel's energy stewardship/solar efforts? Dieter Bouma https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/creation-matters/climate-witness-project-campus-chapel Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:12:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/porn-use-its-about-more-personal-sin “You, Lord, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand.” (Psalm 10:14)    Mary-Lee Bouma https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/porn-use-its-about-more-personal-sin Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:14:55 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/welcoming-refugees-its-who-we-are Sometimes, at bedtime, my 6-year old asks me to put down the book I’m ready to read to him. “Tell me a story,” he says. He likes to hear about a time I got hurt, a time Nana was naughty, a time his uncle was brave. CRCNA Justice https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/welcoming-refugees-its-who-we-are Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:49:56 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/live-justly-lent-welcoming-returning-citizens Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? (Isaiah 58:6) Chloe Breyer https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/live-justly-lent-welcoming-returning-citizens Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:38:18 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/creation-matters/albertas-christians-must-act-climate The federal government held a very important meeting on March 2 and 3.   Jacquelyn VandenBorn https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/creation-matters/albertas-christians-must-act-climate Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:07:54 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/live-justly-lent-families This past year, as new parents, my spouse and I have been figuring out how to raise our family and also find time to continue serving God. In our church, we have been learning about being a family on mission. Carissa Johnson https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/live-justly-lent-families Tue, 08 Mar 2016 15:44:18 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/creation-matters/time-take-action-post-cop21 Standing before the participants of the Conference of Parties (COP21) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris last month, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said, “A political moment like this may not come again … we have never faced such a test. Joe Myohan Oh https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/creation-matters/time-take-action-post-cop21 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 13:49:54 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/creation-matters/gloryland-christian-case-climate-change When I was growing up — I’m now 62 — we often sang the gospel song “I’ve got a Home in Gloryland that Outshines the Sun.” We didn’t think much about the words, but the song was fun to sing. Barry Meyer https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/creation-matters/gloryland-christian-case-climate-change Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:30:13 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/aftermath-attacks ISIS has taken responsibility for the three terrorist attacks that were carried out this past Thursday and Friday. On Thursday night over 40 people were killed and 250 were injured in a double suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. CRCNA Justice https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/aftermath-attacks Wed, 18 Nov 2015 18:19:15 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/change-conversation-about-immigrants-us So far, the upcoming 2016 presidential campaign has been the most anti-immigrant in its rhetoric since the 1850s (source). CRCNA Justice https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/biblical-justice/change-conversation-about-immigrants-us Mon, 05 Oct 2015 16:57:28 +0000