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I spend half my life in coffee shops having honest conversations about how following Jesus works in real life. So, let’s learn together, grab a cup and join the conversation.
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Don’t Be Afraid of All Slippery Slopes!
Every Christian has been told to beware of the slippery slope. If we start having women in leadership, before too long we’ll be ordaining...
Clare DeGraaf
Sep 2, 20183 min read
How to Intelligently Navigate Conversations About Sexual Identity with Students
If you have high school or college age children or grandchildren, and don’t feel comfortable yet discussing LGBT questions, this might...
Clare DeGraaf
Aug 26, 20187 min read
Judgment Day – Your Report Card
When I grew up, somehow I got the notion that Christian life was largely about sin management. Our job, my job, was to make sure I sinned...
Clare DeGraaf
Aug 19, 20183 min read
#Mayday
Our daughter Megan Vos wrote this blog after two young mothers killed themselves in their small community in the same week! She titled...
Clare DeGraaf
Aug 12, 20183 min read
Should the Lords Prayer Be Changed?
This is an article first printed in Christianity Today, July 19, 2018. It brought up some aspects of the Lord’s Prayer I’ve not thought...
Clare DeGraaf
Aug 5, 20184 min read
Abortion – Is It a Baby or a Fetus?
A few years back, I began meeting regularly with a whip-smart, agnostic, Ivy League graduate, who was very liberal and we got on the...
Clare DeGraaf
Jul 29, 20183 min read
Should Christians Put Family Ahead of Christian Service?
Just last week on Christian radio, a Bible teacher said, “The priority for all Christians is God, your family and service in the church.”...
Clare DeGraaf
Jul 22, 20182 min read
I Don’t Care What People Think of Me!
A few years ago, I sat with a “successful” middle-age Christian man, married with three kids, who did not have a good reputation in our...
Clare DeGraaf
Jul 15, 20182 min read
Our Heroes, Often Become our Children’s Heroes
The old adage is true, “Christianity is more caught than taught.” That idea used to be a comfort to me. Now it scares me. I can’t tell...
Clare DeGraaf
Jul 8, 20183 min read
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