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Religious Education
What is the church's role in the question of justice in education? Here's my response.
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July 1, 2010
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Immigration Reform: Synod, Obama, and You?
How has your congregation responded to the presence of immigrants in your community? To Synod's decision on the Migration Report? To the political conversation about immigration?
October 29, 2010
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Saving Energy Costs Through Careful Planning
The Christian Reformed denomination undertook some recent renovations that involved implementing new energy-saving technology.
November 6, 2010
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Holistic Helping: How Do I Make It Right?
A short excerpt from Tracy Young's book How Do I Make It Right?
November 7, 2010
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Energy Efficiency Project (Pilot Churches Needed)
The Evangelical Environmental Network, the National Association of Evangelicals and the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference have the exciting opportunity to select up to 60 churches to receive support and funding to make their buildings' energy efficient.
April 26, 2011
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Neglecting Evangelism in Your Passion for Social Justice?
Are you in danger of neglecting evangelism in your passion for social justice? I think his article makes a good point and is a good reminder for us all.
July 11, 2011
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Commitment to My Immigrant Neighbor
The OSJ and Office of Race Relations are offering a new opportunity to fulfill God’s command to love our neighbor and welcome the stranger among us.
March 19, 2012
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Good Seed Sunday — Resources for Churches
Greetings from Houston, B.C. I am excited to share news with you about Good Seed Sunday. I have been praying for national resources for churches for years and it is finally here!
October 5, 2012
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Reaching for 1,000 Positive Immigration Voices in Sioux County Iowa
I’ve been spending some time with HC Q&A 111 lately and recently saw this awesome example of it truly being lived out in Sioux County, IA.
January 8, 2013
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The Church's Response to Abortion
January 20, 2013, is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. For the church, this is an opportunity to reflect on questions such as: What does it really mean to value the sanctity of human life? What does it look like to protect the unborn, weak, poor and vulnerable?
March 11, 2013
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Welcoming the Stranger - Webinar
National borders and immigration laws are a part of the context in which the church finds itself today. In this “in-between” place, the CRC is called to demonstrate profound and welcoming love to those who seek to join our communities. So how do we do it?
April 22, 2013
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The Law of God and Abortion
What do the ten commandments teach us about abortion?
April 30, 2013
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What Is the Relationship Between Secular Knowledge, Morality, and Eschatology or Purpose in the Context of the CRCNA?
What is the meaning of human enhancement in the context of the CRCNA, and what is the relationship between what God wants, what is true, and what we ought to do about it?
August 18, 2011
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Political Diversity
Are the Office of Social Justice, the Synod of the CRC, and other official organs of the CRCNA — whether intentionally or not — attempting to define Christianity in a way that excludes conservative political and economic views?
November 19, 2013
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Stories That We Tell...
One very practical way that many CRC churches have reached out to their neighbours is refugee sponsorship. On the Do Justice blog, Trang Thi, a refugee sponsored by a small rural church in northern Alberta, writes about the beautiful welcome she and her family received.
March 20, 2013
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Welcoming the Stranger
This webinar will cover an overview of why so many churches are speaking out and calling our current immigration system unjust, a layout of the ways that churches are called to welcome the stranger, and a preview of the new Church Between Borders workshop.
August 5, 2014
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What About Justice?
What are, should or could deacons be doing about injustice? What resources are available to help deacons carry out this aspect of their Charge?
August 14, 2014
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Immigration Dilemma
Around 250 Salvadorans leave the country every day. There are no exact numbers because migrating continues being something “clandestine, invisible” from the authorities. It doesn’t matter in what conditions youth live, they want to leave.
October 2, 2014
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The Core Mission of the Church? Whole, Half or Non-Gospel Considerations
Michael J. Kruger, President and Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary posted an article entitled "Social Justice and the Gospel: What is the Core Mission of the Church?". Is there anything useful in Kruger's article and the authors he cited?
October 17, 2014
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Churches Go Green by Shedding Fossil Fuel Holdings
This New York Times article highlights what some churches are doing to cut their ties to fossil fuel.
October 28, 2014
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Listening to Marginalized Voices Challenge
In life and in death, Jesus hung out with those on the margins of society. In fact, in the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, he says that He Himself is at the margins. As His hands and feet, are we listening to people at the margins?
October 31, 2014
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Do We Need A Third Political Party for Social Justice?
Is a national third party needed today?
December 19, 2014
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10 Popular Articles for CRC Justice-Seekers in 2014
Do Justice, the joint blog of the Centre for Public Dialogue and the Office of Social Justice, has been around for a year and a half! You can see the most popular articles of the year here.
January 3, 2015
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Middle East Christianity — True Story
The poem below comes rooted in reality and is a means to help me continue to pray into the pain of persecuted Christians and Muslims in the Middle East.
January 6, 2015
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Justice Books to Read in 2015
Do you have plans for how to stay alert to injustice in 2015? Here are 10 books we recommend to raise your awareness about certain justice issues and to empower you to act.