Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind. 1 Peter 3:8 by Mara Joy Norden I really want to delete a recent thread on my Facebook page. In…
By Mara Joy Norden For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood…
1 Thessalonians 4:7: For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. by Mara Joy Norden One Sunday morning during the children’s sermon, I asked a group of children about the meaning of purity in the church. One…
John 17:22 The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one. by Mara Joy Norden I felt like I stuck out like a sore thumb as a visitor…
Today we welcome a guest blogger to The Twelve: Mara Joy Norden. She pastors an RCA congregation called The Community in Ada, MI with her husband, Billy Norden. Conflict transformation in congregations is the topic of her Doctor of Ministry…
