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Burial or Cremation—Does It Matter?

by Kelly Carr About a decade ago, my grandparents were highly invested in deciding what to do for their own funeral arrangements. There were a lot of options given to them, and they kept debating what would please them both. At one point, a mausoleum was in contention: My grandfather: “I want to be in […]

David Faust

Feeling homesick?

Another Look by David Faust We live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord 
(2 Corinthians 5:7, 8). Homesickness is a strange malady. Usually when you’re sick of something, you want less of it. But homesickness means […]

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Basic Training for Worship

by Jason Hills My 8-year-old son Graham loves to play the piano. He’s pretty good, as a matter of fact. Anytime he hears a song that catches his ear he can’t wait to get his fingers on the ivory to pluck out the melody. He can figure out tunes he heard a week ago on […]

Pleasing God with our worship

The Editor’s Desk by Shawn McMullen How can we make sure God is pleased when we worship? We might begin by asking ourselves a few questions. Is God the object of my worship? Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard observed, “In the most earnest sense, God is the critical theatergoer. . . . The speaker is then […]