Category: Your Turn 2026
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Thoughts from tulips to TULIP: My journey into the Reformed faith and translation
One morning in early April 2025, I am sitting on our back deck, holding a cup of coffee and enjoying the quiet stillness of the day. The air is crisp, and the warmth of the cup settles into my hands….
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ContestsMade new
Josh Schouwstra’s “Made New” is about the quiet witness of the Christian life, and how God can use that quiet witness to chip away at…
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ContestsBecause
What if you were rich as you could be? You owned everything, far as the eye could see. You loved to share these riches with…
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ContestsThe Ring
He looks down at his wrinkled fingers Thumbs the gold band wrapped around it His wedding ring 71 years ago the church bells rang Then…
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ContestsSonnet for an Unknown God – Acts 17
I saw an altar, nameless, cold, and bare, With faded letters signed “The Unknown God.” A feeling dark and lonesome lingered there, A shadow of…
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ContestsBorrowed language to thank my dearest Friend
As Moses raised the serpent up so God’s own Son was lifted high. Alas! My Saviour Jesus bled, my Sovereign Lord did die. His sacred…
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ContestsAnxiety and trust
There are moments when the world grows quiet, yet our minds grow loud. Worries replay themselves in the dark – unfinished conversations, uncertain futures, fears…
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ContestsYour Turn 2026 – the top 25!
RP’s 2026 Your Turn contest has come to a close, and it was a doozy – so many great entries displaying all sorts of talents….
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ContestsA Love That Gives Birth, Even Without Bearing Children
There are people who may never hold a child of their own, yet they carry within them a love that gives birth to something far…
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ContestsI Went to Church
I went to church when I was young, Where psalms and hymns were always sung, Was baptized as a baby there, And often went to…
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ContestsYour Turn: the video finalists
We had some fun and fabulous video entries, so be sure to check them all out. We start with five from the 18-and-under youth category,…
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ContestsIn its time
Let’s start off with an introduction to one of my closest friends. My Opa was one of my best pals since I was born. We…
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ContestsHow hardships bring you closer to God in true faith
Have you ever wondered what it would be like with no hardship at all? No pain, no struggles, and no tears; just joy and perfection?…
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ContestsLife Inside the Lines: a profile of an artist
Twelve-year-old Klaas Stel sat uncomfortably before a blank canvas at a beginner art class. The year was 1958, and as the son of poor Dutch…
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ContestsEducational peace
It was the closest to a deal breaker we’d had. In our year and a few months of dating my fiancé and I had covered…
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ContestsYour Turn: the audio finalists
What follows are the very best of the audio submissions, starting with the two best 18-and-under youth submissions, followed by a trio of songs by…
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ContestsChild of God
A mother held her newborn son and whispered in his ear, “I love you so much, little one, I hold you very dear. I love…
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ContestsOn kids in the pews and God’s faithfulness
Don’t you sometimes sit in church and look in amazement at some of the young families in the rows ahead of you, and wonder how…
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ContestsThe First Bell
The first bell came all too soon. The shrill cry echoed through the empty halls. Hands cold and clammy, she rose from the chair, facing…
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Contests14 Ways of Looking at a Star
I. Star: noun. A fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun. II. There were no…
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ContestsCreated to Commune
A first neighborhood I was far too young to remember staying over at the neighbors’ on the fateful day my sister – vernix-covered and with…
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ContestsThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: a play for family gatherings
Gather your family together and relive the beloved story of CS Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. This would be great to do…