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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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What’s God’s Will For My Life?
I was sitting at Starbucks a while back, on a fine fall day with a young man about to graduate from college in the spring. He and I had...
Clare DeGraaf
Aug 14, 20165 min read
“Things” That Tempt Us
Recently, I met with a young husband who has had an affair. He’s confessed it to his wife, asked God’s forgiveness and cut off the...
Clare DeGraaf
Aug 7, 20163 min read
Your Children or Grandchildren, May Believe in a Different God Than You Do!
You may be turned off by the alarmist tone of my next sentence, but I mean every word of it. This blog is about a “Christian” worldview,...
Clare DeGraaf
Jul 31, 20164 min read
Guest Blog: An Interview with Eric Metaxes
John: Please explain what you mean by the “Golden Triangle of Freedom,” a concept which you take from Os Guinness, that inspired you to...
Clare DeGraaf
Jul 24, 20167 min read
Six Things You Can Do to Address Racism
I hear white Christians blaming the problem on the immorality and breakdown of the family in urban America. And blacks see racial...
Clare DeGraaf
Jul 17, 20164 min read
The Myth of “Closure”
I’ve sat with men and women, months after the death of a child, spouse or parent and have been asked “will I ever find closure?” My...
Clare DeGraaf
Jul 10, 20163 min read
A New Kind of Reconciliation With a Former Spouse
Not only are there those risks, but in most cases one or both of the spouses have remarried. “So, Clare even if I wanted to reconcile...
Clare DeGraaf
Jul 3, 20163 min read
What Does it Mean That We Are Created in the “Image of God?”
I went to church all my life, as well as Christian schools, and I swear until I was in my mid 30’s I thought we looked like God. In every...
Clare DeGraaf
Jun 26, 20164 min read
What is God Like?
I grew up attending a Christian school where we learned the attributes of God – what God was like. However, 75% of the young Christian...
Clare DeGraaf
Jun 19, 20165 min read
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