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Reproductive Rights
Ever since Roe vs Wade was ruled unconstitutional I’ve been hearing those who are outraged by it demanding reproductive rights. But what...
jimtendero
Aug 8, 20224 min read
The Second Great Crisis of Faith in Institutions
I grew up in the 60’s, early 70’s when many young people had a crisis of faith in institutions. The war in Vietnam, the murders of...
Clare DeGraaf
Aug 1, 20223 min read
The Value of Having a Family Stewardship Statement
One of the best ways I’ve discovered to begin giving more wisely is to put on paper how God seems to be directing you to give. This...
Clare DeGraaf
Jul 25, 20225 min read
Where Should Christians Give and Why?
In a blog I wrote years ago, How much should Christians give?, I asked the all important question: How much of what we as Christians own,...
wordinvestnolte
Jul 18, 20225 min read
Why Do You Have the Friends You Do?
Have you ever analyzed that question? Most of us don’t plan our friends or friendships – they just happen. For me, a number of my...
wordinvestnolte
Jul 11, 20224 min read
Parenting and Grandparenting LGBTQ Kids
Before you decide this blog isn’t for you because you don’t have a LGBTQ child or grandchild, please consider this. I’m confident there...
Clare DeGraaf
Jul 4, 20223 min read
Disordered Love in Politics and Finance
At age 19, Augustine Aurelius – later to be known as Augustine of Hippo – read a dialogue by the Roman philosopher Cicero in which Cicero...
Clare DeGraaf
Jun 27, 20224 min read
Why God?
Why when two equally good Christians pray for healing, why does one get healed and the other does not? Why when two serious followers of...
Clare DeGraaf
Jun 20, 20223 min read
Dear Michael - a Parent's Letter to a Gay Son
Twice in the last year I’ve been asked what I would say in a letter to a LGBTQ son or daughter who wanted to bring his partner home for a...
Clare DeGraaf
Jun 13, 20225 min read
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