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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

No Peace (Know Peace)

Read: Jeremiah 6:9-17 They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace. (v. 14) I live in the United States. In the

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Not . . . Completely

Read: Jeremiah 5:12-19 “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not destroy you completely.” (v. 18 NIV) In the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, some prominent

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Return, Faithless People

Read: Jeremiah 3:11-18 “Return, faithless Israel,” declares the LORD. “I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful.” (v. 12) In her memoir Wild, Cheryl Strayed describes

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Two Sins

Read: Jeremiah 2:1-13 I am with you, declares the LORD, to deliver you. (v.19) My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and

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I Am with You

Read: Jeremiah 1:11-19 I am with you, declares the LORD, to deliver you. (v.19) Trusting God is easy when life is good. It becomes more challenging when life falls apart.

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Before I Formed You

Read: Jeremiah 1:1-10 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you . . . (v. 5) During times of disruption and uncertainty, we look for reassurance that someone

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Worthy Is the Lamb

Read: Revelation 7:9-17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd. (v. 17) The central figure in God’s story of salvation is a lamb. In

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Under-shepherds

Read: 1 Peter 5:1-10 Shepherd the flock of God that is among you. (v. 2) During Jesus’ earthly ministry, he led a group of disciples he called his “little flock”

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The Good Shepherd

Read: John 10:11-18 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (v. 11) I used to work for a farmer. I worked long

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