Today, I’m processing disappointment as are also many of you in First Byron CRC. A pastor we called and had high hopes of coming has declined our call. How do we respond to disappointments like this? Reading: Matthew 6:9-13

Jo shares a story from her childhood in African with lessons for us in America. Reading: Romans 3:9-20 Jo De Blois is Chief of Staff at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary.

“You’re a hater!” It’s one of the worst insults anyone can hurl at us today, isn’t it? To be a hater is to be outside civil society. If you’re a hater, you’re a non-person. Politicians and the media tell us that there’s too much hate in our culture and that hate is causing so many…

A story of how a tattered book inspired me to turn my Bible to tatters.  Reading: Psalm 1

Nearly 48% of Americans aged 55 and older don’t have any retirement nest egg or a traditional pension plan. Many are going to be shocked at how unprepared they were and will spend their later years in financial pain. Preparation for the end of our lives is even more seriously lacking. The majority are not…

I grew up in a very conservative church and I never heard one sermon that ever referenced sex—either positively or negatively. I can't even remember a youth group that addressed it. Here was me growing up in a sex-saturated culture attending a sex-crazed public school and the church was afraid to even mention the subject….

Last Thursday was Thanksgiving Day, one of the best days in the American year. We gather in our churches and our homes to thank God together for his innumerable good gifts to us in the past year.  But what if you feel you have nothing to thank God for? Perhaps 2021 has been a year…

Despite the proven benefits of regular health check-ups some of us are very reluctant to get them. Many of us are even more reluctant to get a spiritual health check-up. “Why should I get a spiritual check-up?” you may ask. 

A stunning perspective on how God uses color in our stories. Reading: Psalm 8 Jo De Blois is Chief of Staff at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary.

“Social justice” is a term that few of us had heard until recently. Now it's mainstream in our culture, and even in many churches. But what does it mean? If we look up a dictionary, the words simply mean ‘justice in society,’ which all Christians support. We want equal treatment before the law for all…