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Neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan, reconnects with her small-town past after a scandal causes her to leave her professional and personal life behind in the city.

This book follows Kaylee and her grandfather as they read the morning newspaper. While reading, they look for ways to pray for the children of the world.

In this practical book, Whitney R. Simpson offers carefully crafted guided prayers that provide an accessible way for us to quiet our hearts and enter into God’s presence.

Dying at almost 93 years old, Rev. Jungkyu Park had lived a life of missionary service in Japan and to the Japanese diaspora.

A pastor and seminary administrator who served the Christian Reformed Church for more than 40 years, Bill Van Dyk is remembered as an excellent preacher and respected academic.

Christian Reformed Church general secretary Zachary King said he hoped the formalized close relationship would be a mutual blessing and encouragement.

Perhaps the first dually affiliated Christian Reformed and Alliance of Reformed churches congregation, Harrison (S.D.) Community Church is appreciating the benefits of being connected to both.

Though he addressed large crowds from time to time, the vast majority of Jesus’ ministry was spent privately teaching a small group of disciples.

Walt Whitman is celebrated as an iconic American poet, but few know of the role he played tending to the wounded in Civil War hospitals. This nonfiction picture book highlights Whitman’s compassion and teaches about empathy.

Ever since my harrowing, whirlwind birth experience years ago, I have felt a strange kinship with Mary.

Swans are beautiful and majestic birds and so are these gifts as they are expressed through us by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Joel H. Nederhood, who served the Christian Reformed Church’s radio and television ministry The Back to God Hour (now ReFrame Ministries) for 35 years, has died at 94.

“We are all invited to overcome the scandal of the divisions that unfortunately still exist and to nurture the desire for unity for which the Lord Jesus prayed and gave his life,” Pope Leo XIV said on a visit to the site of the 325 Council of Nicaea.

In pursuit of a rare book, will Natalie and Mason find each other again?

The Porter’s Gate offers a gentle, stirring collection of church songs around the theme of the Lord’s Table.

Middle-grade novel offers a coming-of-age story set in “Bleeding Kansas.”

A task force assigned by Synod 2024 to look at the Christian Reformed Church’s procedures for disciplining officebearers proposes two additions to “make explicit what has always been implied: major assemblies do have the authority to ensure accountability.”

A legacy of immigrants continues in the CRCNA in places such as Chin Christian Church in Michigan.

A guided adventure into the heart of the gospel story, inviting you to step into the lives of some of Jesus' closest friends—Mary, Martha, and Lazarus.

“Wake up, wake up, birds!” croaks Raven one December night. “A child is born!”

See our list of movies, books, and podcasts to check out this month.

Recognizing that God provided those moments for me helped inspire a new prayer for my last days at college.