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For the first time, stated clerks from the U.S. and Canada gathered for learning and mutual support.
Art class students incarcerated at Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility in Muskegon, Mich., tell powerful stories with their art. Teacher Marianne Tanis is exhibiting their work at First Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids.
In our polarized times, a refreshingly nonpartisan call to feed the hungry in our communities.
Netflix’s Oscar nominee for Best Picture is a sad commentary on loneliness, marriage, and divorce.
A fisherman and his son encounter a whale entangled at sea in this wordless picture book.
We, as believers in Jesus, in the church, are people who are called to action. Yet we all have unique backgrounds, and we come from a variety of ethnicities.
Like Jonah, I thought I was in control, but really God let that little car swallow me up like a whale and carry me right to where I needed to be.
It takes intentionality from everyone. Each leader takes responsibility for developing characteristics such as humility, good communication, respect, and trust. These variables are foundational in “wrestling through issues and supporting different opinions.”
“Rodg” Buining loved the Lord with all his heart, soul and mind. He served churches in six states. He died Nov. 26 at the age of 88.
Pastor and historian Gerrit (Gary) Bieze died Dec. 15, after a brief struggle with cancer. He was 83.
The Two Popes ponders deep questions of faith and life.
The lyrical weaving of an African American family’s narratives, past, and present, in this debut Christian novel.
Can’t someone make commitments and keep promises to a church without being a member?
Just as the addax was designed with special features for life in the harsh desert, we as God’s children are designed with a purpose in mind.
Her story dates back more than 350 years to the Spice Islands of the Indonesian archipelago and the wars that erupted over their control.
Kirk Franklin’s newest album skillfully continues his unique blending of gospel, choir, and hip-hop elements.
The true story of a woman whose unjust life sentence and presidential commutation made national news.
A modern and lustrous retelling of the 1868 classic by Louisa May Alcott
New Life Prison Community Church in Newton, Iowa, has applied to their classis (Central Plains) to move to organized status in 2020.
Rick Mast felt supported as he ministered on campus following the deaths of 10 members of the University of Alberta academic community in the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752.
“That’s the kind of impact the gospel has. It’s both immediate and eternal.”
