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Rev. Kurt Selles plans to retire in July after 14 years as director of ReFrame Ministries, the media ministry of the Christian Reformed Church.

Retiring as director of Thrive May 29, Lesli van Milligan looks back on 30 years of ministry.

In this beautifully illustrated picture book, a young girl learns how Jesus’s love can shine at school through her compassion, kindness, and inclusion.

In their first album in 14 years, Point of Grace offers a record that centers on the personification of God's wisdom, through songs exploring life experiences, scriptural truth, and godly character.

Spiritual Practices for Hospitality Rooted in Presence, Not Perfection

For 150 years, Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary have shared a ministry rooted in the belief that Christ is Lord over every part of life.

Singer/Songwriter Amanda Janson releases her full-length debut album, which offers raw and hopeful elements and points listeners to Christ.

He remembered exactly who he had been—and exactly what it cost.

Two of the biggest items on the Synod 2026 agenda: receiving a 10-year proposal for church planting and renewal and figuring out how to pay for that and the rest of the denomination’s costs.

Rid yourself of the internal and external clutter weighing you down.

This tension-filled tale is sure to thrill fans of Amish fiction and romantic suspense alike, threading together themes of the protective hero, a fish out of water, and confronting trauma.

Netflix’s Dept. Q has complicated characters and clever plots in a redemptive arc.

Winner of the Illumination Book Awards—Silver and a 2026 Independent Press, this book follows Abigail and her family as they explore the wonders of creation.

In the actual journey of faith, even the most devout believers will experience confusion and struggle.

Actions of classes (regional groups of churches) in the past several months include nine candidates examined and approved for ministry, 33 ministers released from ministry, and 15 disaffiliated churches.

On a recent trip to a pastors’ conference in Kabala, Sierra Leone, Joel Ringma, pastor of Terrace (B.C.) Christian Reformed Church, had an emotional reconnection with two former pastor-trainees.

Fort Wingate (N.M.) Christian Reformed Church is exploring a new ministry model that would reach the community as a retreat center.

Are board games part of your potlucks? Maggie Peckford of Williamsburg (Ont.) CRC says they’re helpful for including “people like me who find it hard to engage in a conversation.”

This year we will feature a special column in each issue that includes an interview with the directors of CRCNA ministries. Kevin DeRaaf is director of Resonate Global Mission.

Liturgy was not a barrier to hospitality. Rather, it was an embodiment of it.

When the young wife of a powerful lumber baron vanishes into the wilds of frontier Michigan, her friend is left to unravel the truth in this captivating dual-timeline novel from bestselling author Lynn Austin.

She reminded him of Jesus washing his disciples’ feet.