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Can We Really See God at Work?

Nov 5, 2024 | thebanner.org | Karen Wilk |Big Questions

Can we really see God at work? It’s a common question these days, especially in missional circles, and I suspect that you, like many others, want to see God at work—even long to—but the possibility often seems quite elusive. Can we really see God at work? I believe we can, because I believe the Spirit is present and active in every moment everywhere, inviting us to see—but not necessarily where and how we expect.
How Can I Get to Know My Neighbors in a Rural Area?

Aug 5, 2024 | thebanner.org | Karen Wilk |Big Questions

How can I get to know my neighbors when we live miles apart in a rural area? I have frequently been asked this question in our “Joining God in the Neighborhood” workshops and learning communities. The rural context has unique challenges (as do other types of neighborhoods), yet God is at work wherever the Spirit has placed us or sent us (Jer. 29:4-7; Luke 10:7). But if we aren’t bumping into neighbors on the sidewalk or in our front yards, how are we meeting and getting to know them?
Cups of tea in a bombed-out building

Jun 14, 2024 | christiancourier.ca | Karen Wilk

“I could not, not see the image of a table set with tea in the midst of rubble. It had been in my mind for years,” explains Karen Tamminga-Paton, the Alberta artist whose art installation, Peacetalks, recently exhibited at Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre in British Columbia. Tamminga-Paton was beginning an artist’s residency in France with close to two dozen artists from around the world when war broke out in the Middle East.
Calvin Offers Master of Science in Nursing

May 10, 2024 | thebanner.org | Matt Kucinski |Leah Jolly |Michael Wagenman |Karen Wilk

Over the next decade, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects there will be 193,100 openings for the registered nurse workforce each year. In Canada, a 2019 study forecast a shortage of 117,000 nurses by 2030. And a 2022 report by the International Council of Nurses estimates that 13 million more nurses will be required over the next decade.
Calvin Theological Seminary Partners with Missional Training Center

May 1, 2024 | thebanner.org | Leah Jolly |Michael Wagenman |Karen Wilk |Cassie Marcionetti

In February 2024, the Association of Theological Schools officially approved a partnership between Calvin Theological Seminary and Missional Training Center of Tempe, Ariz. The idea for Missional Training Center came from the Surge Network, a collaborative group of more than 100 churches formed in 2007 to plant churches, sponsor community outreach programs, and train lay leaders.
How Soon Do We Bring Our Faith Into Conversation?

Apr 29, 2024 | thebanner.org | Karen Wilk |Big Questions

We recently moved into a neighborhood where not many seem to know about our Reformed faith. How quickly should we bring this into conversations? Or do we leave it out unless asked? When we move into a new neighborhood, we are starting out as strangers, so the first step is to become acquaintances.
What does ‘going to church’ have to do with being missional?

Jan 8, 2024 | thebanner.org | Karen Wilk |Big Questions

What does “going to church” have to do with being missional? I have put the phrase “going to church” in quotation marks because on the one hand, we all know that we don’t go to church—we are the church! “Being the church” is a way of life we embody 24/7 that bears witness to God’s loving reign (sometimes very well, and other times not so much). On the other hand, what we mean when we say we’re “going to church” is important.
What Is the Primary Role of the Church in God’s Mission?

Oct 18, 2023 | thebanner.org | Karen Wilk |Big Questions

What is the primary role of the church in God’s mission? Calvin University philosophy professor James K.A. Smith suggests that the primary responsibility of the church is to live God’s story for the world. If so, we must then ask: What does it look like to live God’s story, and how do we do that more and better? Could we have learned the answer already in Sunday school?
Is Street-corner Evangelism Effective?

Aug 18, 2023 | thebanner.org | Karen Wilk |Big Questions

Effectiveness is an interesting word. Street preachers might go home and feel good about doing what they thought was right, which likely included “suffering for the Lord,” and therefore assume they were effective. But were they? If their purpose was to draw others to Christ, perhaps not very. Although I believe the Spirit can work through humanity’s good intentions, no matter how flawed they might be, I don’t know anyone who likes to be yelled at.
Karen Wilk | Christian Courier

Jul 31, 2023 | christiancourier.ca | Karen Wilk

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