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… GDP to measuring what really matters – reducing death and safe-guarding life. Christians all over the world – including the Christian Reformed Church – endorsed these goals as “echoing the voice of the …
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… on lament, Soong-Chan Rah, writes that the North American Church has forgotten how to lament, and as a result, has also … devastated by the Babylonian army in 586 B .C. We can safely assert, knowing the behavior of male soldiers in such …
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… member with mental illness. Then parishioners can feel safe to acknowledge their needs and overcome their fears of … contributions people with mental illness can make to the church’s life. Then the ministry becomes mutual and we live …
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… I did a little research and found some guys connected to a church and inner-city ministry I know of saying that Floyd … singled out by police here. The other man told me he feels safe jogging the streets of Antwerp at night, something he … to its current political divide. I will say this, my churches in California were very small, but very diverse, and …
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… past three years, or now in my first “real” (non-student) church position. Barnes’ article runs less than a thousand … interpretive summary is this: Pastors (and by extension, church staff in general) are constantly balancing the line … on my professional life. So I tend to make the safe less messy choice, even if that means a part of me isn’t …
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… It is kept in heaven for you. 5 Through faith you are kept safe by God's power. Your salvation is going to be completed. … the right of God the Father, because he is the head of his church, and the Father rules all things through him. … what you now see and hear. 2 – He defends us and keeps us safe from enemies. John 10:27-30 "My sheep listen to my …
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… a part of our culture, like the air we breathe. We, as the Church, are called to be salt and light in this world of … honored, respected and protected. That’s really what Safe Church Ministry is all about. That’s what was in my mind … And I would have been thrilled to see banners from various churches, and groups of people from congregations, marching …
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… started routinely. My husband and I decided to attend church with my dad, an hour and a half away. Even though Dad was 92, he regularly drove himself to church. That Sunday, though, his car wasn’t at church when we … me—he still thought we were lost and was praying for us to safely find shelter—but a calm presence filled the room. He …
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… that time he’d learned a lot. He could operate a forklift safely, unload a trailer of steel and stack the bundles of … machines, how to sharpen a drill bit, how to stay safe and still be productive. And Tom didn’t even mind that. … kingdom aren’t quite fair? There are some people in the church who work hard, who have always been willing to put the …
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… were replaced by “We are all Rwandans.” The government and church decided to create an alternative narrative of empathy … scars which gave courage to the rest of us that it was a safe place to birth something new in us. The program was … scars, which gave courage to the rest of us that it was a safe place to birth something new in us. I felt my skepticism …
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… in the CRCNA. They are passionate about providing the church with healthy, competent candidates for ministry. I’ve … power training and our code of conduct. It makes them feel safe to hear us addressing and trying to prevent spiritual abuses. And since many come from independent churches and long to become deeply rooted and connected in a …
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… they still play a central—and highly—visible role in the church. That role, even today, comes fraught with … pastor’s spouse and family as well. The Christian Reformed Church’s Sustaining Pastoral Excellence (SPE) project … for her and the other spouses involved. “Our group is safe place where concerns, struggles, and joys can be shared …