https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:05:15 +0000 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:20:59 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/when-are-desires-healthy-or-twisted-brief-look-word-epithymia A study of the HSR (Human Sexuality Report) reveals that the word desire is used multiple times in both positive and negative senses. John Span https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/when-are-desires-healthy-or-twisted-brief-look-word-epithymia Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:20:59 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/hermeneutics-101 It's all a matter of interpretation, dear Watson, said Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective. Our Biblical Interpretation class looked at 20 statements that are part of popular discourse, and were asked to detect if anything was wrong with them. John Span https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/hermeneutics-101 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:16:06 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/three-words-affecting-church-new-decade As we enter the decade of the new “roaring 20’s” many new words will find currency in our society. This piece looks at wokeness, virtue signalling, and intersectionality. John Span https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/three-words-affecting-church-new-decade Mon, 06 Jan 2020 15:51:50 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/palestine-and-overture-6-ten-questions-consider Synod 2019 will be asked to deliberate Overture #6 from the Council of East Hill Community CRC, Vernon, British Columbia entitled “Follow Christ in the Way of Peace, Doing Justice, and Bringing Reconciliation to the Peoples of Israel and Palestine.” (see the  John Span https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/palestine-and-overture-6-ten-questions-consider Tue, 14 May 2019 13:26:00 +0000