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The Pentecost Fire
The Pentecost fire has been active amongst our Latino brothers and sisters.
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April 19, 2022
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Scholarship Recipient Builds Cultural Intelligence
Our ability to act and react in positive ways across cultural lines does not come naturally or easily.
March 22, 2022
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My Racial Education
These three practices kept me moving forward as a black kid in Chicago.
February 17, 2022
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California Dreaming
A trip to LA produced bright and insightful conversations with emerging CRC leaders that far outshined the weather.
January 30, 2022
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Inspire 2022 Workshop: Church Between Borders
Church Between Borders is an interactive workshop that sparks thought and discussion for people interested in engaging immigration from a Biblical perspective.
December 13, 2021
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Young King David and Today’s Diaspora
Not everyone in Israel declared David as their king at first, and his rule began with strife and misunderstanding. Today, many multicultural ministries feel the same.
October 14, 2021
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Doing A New Thing
I recently traveled for the first time since the pandemic began. My friends, the creative leaders I met are doing a new thing among us!
June 14, 2021
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Abraham and Ellis
Read about the inaugural edition of the Diversity newsletter in this post by the Director of Diversity. Through this newsletter we hope that together we can become learners about the variety of cultures God has created and more involved in the diverse communities and diaspora in this world.
May 15, 2021
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A Reflection about Dreams, Poetry, and Translation
The CRCNA has nearly 200 congregations who worship in a language other than English. How can we best meet their needs and be in community together given the current limitation of our translations?
February 17, 2021
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CRC Survey Says. . .
Game shows with surveys are fun and trivial. But when it comes to missional, adaptive work of the church, what the denominational survey says is not enough.
January 27, 2021
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Jesus’ Unbelievable Message
But have Christians made it believable? Critics contend that Christianity and in particular Calvinism promotes tribalism and tribalistic behavior.
December 22, 2020
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Why the Church Needed COVID-19
This pandemic has forced people to finally listen and to confront the pain in parts of the body of Christ that had previously been swept aside and forgotten.
December 21, 2020
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Any Sin but Racism
In Reformed churches, no one dares question the doctrine of total depravity. Yet when it comes to racism we shrink back. Why is this?
October 2, 2020
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Meet Scholarship Recipient: OnYou Song
The Office of Race Relations is privileged to introduce you to OnYou Song, one of the recipients of the 2020/21 Multiracial Student Scholarships.
September 30, 2020
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Pocahontas - El Nacimiento de un Mito
En la rotonda del capitolio norteamericano se encuentra la famosa pintura del bautismo de Pocahontas. Sin embargo, la verdadera historia detrás del mito no es la que celebramos o el cuento de Disney. ¿Sabes cuál es la verdadera historia?
September 30, 2020
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Pocahontas - The Birth of a Myth
There's a famous painting depicting the baptism of Pocahontas hanging in the rotunda of the American capital. But the true story behind the myth is not one to be celebrated or Disney-fied. Do you know the true history?
September 25, 2020
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Conozcamos a los recipientes de las becas: Charles Muting’a
La Oficina de Relaciones Raciales tiene el privilegio de presentarle a Charles Muting'a, uno de los beneficiarios de las Becas para Estudiantes Multirraciales 2020/21.
September 24, 2020
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Meet Scholarship Recipient: Charles Muting’a
The Office of Race Relations is privileged to introduce you to Charles Muting'a, one of the recipients of the 2020/21 Multiracial Student Scholarships!
June 3, 2020
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Sabbath and Being De-Centered
Celebrating the Sabbath de-centers our understanding of life as we proclaim that a brown man from the Middle East is our Lord.
January 30, 2020
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God's Vision for the Church
Today I reflect on my thoughts from 10 years ago and my hope for racial-ethnic diversity in the CRCNA.
October 11, 2017
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Celebrate Hispanic Leaders in the CRCNA This Month
During Hispanic Heritage Month, we are sharing stories about Hispanic leaders in this CRC! We'd love you to meet Pastor Edwin Olguin, a church planter with a passion to see the church truly become one body.
June 3, 2015
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Time to Buy Some New Clothes
It is time to create a new agency to support ethnic CRCs. Just as children need new clothes as they outgrow the old ones, a relatively young denomination like the CRC needs new structures.