January 2013 Issue

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Our Shared Ministry

• Coffee Farmers Transform Community
• Everyone Welcome
• Honoring Women Murdered in Mexico
• Online Students Visit Seminary
• Reaching Muslims with Skype
• Talking in Circles
• THE VIEW FROM HERE: Defying the Law of Averages
• Tilling God’s Garden in Romania
• Working Together Makes Us Stronger

Mixed Media

• Anticipation
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Bully
• How Should We Then Eat?
• In the Shadow of the Banyan
• No Man’s Land
• The Lowdown
• Unstoppable: The Incredible Power of Faith in Action

Columns

• Still: Accepting the Gift
• Editorial: Cast Your Bread upon the Waters
• Vantage Point: Do We Need Women Advisers Again?
• Big Questions: Frequently Asked Questions
• Reply All: Letters to the Editor: January 2013
• Discover: Look at You!
• Point of View: Punch Lines

Features

• Confessions of a First-Grade Sunday School Teacher
• Good Girls Need Grace
• Grace in Times of Evil
• Living with the Mystery
• Simple Living: Toward God’s Great Shalom

News

• 91-Year-Old Baptized in California Church
• A Tale of Two Pella Christian Schools
• Alberta Church Reconciles with Pastor after 35 Years
• Calvin College VP of Finance Steps Down
• CRC’s Publishing Ministry Forced to Cut Staff
• IN MEMORIAM: Rev. Bernard Pekelder December 17, 1922 – September 21, 2012
• January Conference to Address Canadian Role in Binational Church
• Life-size Furniture Brings Tabernacle to Life
• Marines Serve with CRC Church in Guam
• Medical Mission Brings Hope to People in Ecuador
• Mental Health Conference Helps Churches and Families
• Michigan Group Makes a Special Trip to the Middle East
• New Mexico Principal Receives National Education Award
• Ontario Pastor Sings the Blues
• Oregon Officer Creates Texting Program to Combat Bullying
• Pastors’ Spouses Recharge
• Red Mesa Churches Refresh Discipleship Skills
• Texas Church Encourages Small Group Meetings Over Sunday Morning Worship
• Two Illinois Churches Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries
• ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Moves Evangelicals beyond Black-and-White Sexuality
• ‘Two and a Half Men’ Star Apologizes for Trashing Show