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Ben Van Arragon

Ben Van Arragon is an ordained minister in the Christian Reformed Church in North America. After twenty years of congregational ministry, he now serves his denomination as a pastor wellbeing consultant in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Devotionals

Deceived or Saved?

Read: Jeremiah 20:7-13 Praise the Lord! For he has delivered the life of the needy. (v. 13) In a 2011 stand-up routine, comedian Mike Birbiglia said, “To be a comedian

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In the Potter’s Hands

Read: Jeremiah 18:1-11 Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words. (v. 2) Clay is a complex medium. One careless movement

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(Don’t) Follow Your Heart!

Read: Jeremiah 17:5-10 Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. (v. 9) Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose

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Lost Pride

Read: Jeremiah 13:1-11 Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. (v. 9) As a prophet, Jeremiah was called to speak prophetically. He

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Is There No Justice?

Read: Jeremiah 12:1-4, 14-17 You are always righteous, Lord . . . Yet I would speak with you about your justice. (v. 1 NIV) We live in an age of

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Bad News

Read: Jeremiah 10:17-22 A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes! (v. 22) “Fake news” is a new expression. But fake news itself is nothing new. It was all the rage

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No Substitutes

Read: Jeremiah 10:1-7 There is none like you, O Lord. (v. 6) The film Citizen Kane opens with the death of its title character. Charles Foster Kane spent his life

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Crushed

Read: Jeremiah 8:18-22 Since my people are crushed, I am crushed. (v. 21 NIV) At the beginning of the pandemic, news broke in the United States that some civil servants

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If Only . . .

Read: Jeremiah 7:1-8 Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. (v. 3) The movie Leave No Trace is about a homeless father

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