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Mary Remein, a member of Silver Spring Christian Reformed Church in Maryland, retired from human resources in 2014. Today she is a volunteer, a mentor, a grandma, and a reader.

Some say Think Christian is a blog for young people, but Remein disagrees.

ā€œThere is value for older, sixty-something folks like me,ā€ Remein said. ā€œThink Christian has made me more aware of Godā€™s presence in places where I donā€™t typically look for him.ā€

Think Christian, an online magazine produced by , the English language outreach of Back to God Ministries International, provides a community where Christians discuss how to bridge the gap between faith and culture.

As Remein described, ā€œIt connects me to thoughtful Christians who seek to be faithful and Christ-like in a wide variety of settings.ā€

Think Christian offers a starting point for conversations about current topics. Remein said, ā€œThink Christianā€™s coverage of subjects relative to the world we live in today has been a springboard for me to move forward more confidently in addressing those subjects.ā€

Remein recalls one opportunity when her doctor asked her about a television show. Although she doesnā€™t watch the show, she had on Think Christian and was able to respond with insight.

ā€œThis led to an interesting discussion about the brokenness of the world and my source of hopeā€”Christ,ā€ she recalled.

ā€œ[My doctor] shared that heā€™s a nominal Jew, married to a Seventh Day Adventist. He had questions about some of the ā€˜rulesā€™ of Christianity.ā€

Faith and culture affect believers no matter their ages. Think Christian aims to bridge the gap between the two. ā€œThink Christian is necessary and effective because weā€™re influenced by what we see and hear through media. Itā€™s a challenge for Christians to sort through the mass of information and form a Christian perspective,ā€ said Remein.

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