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Ken Elzinga welcomes UVA parents

September 6, 2020 By Krisan Marotta

It has become a tradition for Professor Ken Elzinga give a welcome address to new University of Virginia students and their parents during Move-In Day Lunches at the Center for Christian Study. Here is 2020 his message to parents of incoming students.

Filed Under: Faith & Life, Topics Tagged With: elzinga

Ken Elzinga welcomes UVA students

September 5, 2020 By Krisan Marotta

It has become a tradition for Professor Ken Elzinga give a welcome address to new University of Virginia students and their parents during Move-In Day Lunches at the Center for Christian Study. Here is 2020 his message to incoming students.

Filed Under: Faith & Life, Topics Tagged With: elzinga

Good Friday 2020

April 10, 2020 By Krisan Marotta

Since churches have had to move their services online, I took advantage of the opportunity to “attend” about 10 different Good Friday services. This was my favorite.

Filed Under: Faith & Life, Passages, Topics Tagged With: Good Friday

Read through the Psalms in 30 days

October 5, 2016 By Krisan Marotta

Reading through the psalms can change your life! Here’s a plan to read through the psalms in 30 days.

Filed Under: Faith & Life Tagged With: Bible reading, Psalms

Heaven and those who have gone before us

August 24, 2016 By Krisan Marotta

The prevailing belief of the world is that “You go around once and then you die.” Yet, the remarkable claim of the Christian faith is that those who have died are more alive today than they were before their deaths. “If I die and go to heaven, what is it going to be like?” “Someone close to me died, where do I turn for comfort?” “If I die, will I go to a better place?” Professor Ken Elzinga answers these questions.

Filed Under: Faith & Life, Topics Tagged With: death, elzinga, heaven

Read through the Bible

January 3, 2016 By Krisan Marotta

Have you decided to read through the Bible as one of your New Year’s Resolutions? Here’s a great selection of plans to help you keep that resolution.

Filed Under: Faith & Life Tagged With: Bible Study, reading plans

Flying through impostor syndrome

September 24, 2015 By Krisan Marotta

Three “random” events this week converged into one life lesson. 1) I listened to my pastor’s last sermon. We met when I was a college freshman and he was an intern at our church.  Now he’s retiring after 43 years as its pastor.  I don’t think I was present for his first ever sermon, but […]

Filed Under: Faith & Life, Topics Tagged With: doubt, impostor, service

4 Keys to Success in College

August 16, 2015 By Krisan Marotta

Headed to college? Wondering how to survive the experience? Here is advice from an expert.

Filed Under: Faith & Life, Topics Tagged With: college, elzinga, success

Breaking the Huddle Syndrome

January 30, 2015 By Krisan Marotta

In modern American culture growing older seems to mean becoming invisible; unfortunately this trend is also infecting the church. Relegating older women to the nostalgia-bin is a symptom of “The Huddle Syndrome.” Fortunately, the Huddle Syndrome is easy to break.

Filed Under: Faith & Life, Topics Tagged With: friendship, huddle syndrome

Dealing with Loss: Lessons from Haggai

October 15, 2014 By Krisan Marotta

Recently, my life has been marked by loss. Like the Beatles, how I long for yesterday! The last place I expected to find comfort was in the Old Testament Book of Haggai — yet I did.

Filed Under: Faith & Life, Haggai, Passages, Topics Tagged With: grief, Haggai, loss

Sin and academic perfection

June 1, 2014 By Krisan Marotta

All through my academic career I rubbed shoulders with people smarter than I. The standard was always higher than I could reach, no matter how I hard I tried. Holiness is like that.

Filed Under: Faith & Life, Topics Tagged With: academics, justification by faith, perfection, sin

Loving someone with cancer

March 25, 2014 By Krisan Marotta

In an 11 month period, my mother died of breast cancer and both my mother-in-law and her mother died of lung cancer. Here’s what I learned about how to love, help and support someone living with cancer and their caretaker.

Filed Under: Faith & Life, Topics Tagged With: cancer, ministry, suffering

What if I failed my Bible reading plan?

February 11, 2014 By Krisan Marotta

Approximately one-third of those who started a Bible reading plan in January abandon it by February. By May that number will drop to half. What if you are one of the statistics?

Filed Under: Faith & Life Tagged With: Bible Study

Resentment: a biblical lesson

April 30, 2013 By Krisan Marotta

How do you handle it when life isn’t fair? It’s easy to grow frustrated with our own lot in life and resent those who seem to have it better. Consider the story of Miriam.

Filed Under: Faith & Life, Topics Tagged With: despair, doubt, envy, Miriam, resentment

What is Tithing?

April 22, 2013 By Krisan Marotta

Is the tithe still applicable today? Does God really care how we spend our money? Can I wait until I can give cheerfully? Ken Elzinga answers these questions.

Filed Under: Faith & Life, Topics, What is Tagged With: elzinga, stewardship, tithes, tithing

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