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In spiritual direction, the director “gives 100 percent of their attention to listening along with you to what the Spirit is saying.”

Open Doors keeps an annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most persecution for their faith. North Korea tops the list for the 20th consecutive year.

A weekly podcast helps listeners discover history’s greatest sermons, such as those by D.L. Moody, Charles Spurgeon, John Calvin and others.

Malcolm Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong.

Walk the path of love with one of the warmest, most beloved spiritual leaders of our time, the bishop who delivered the message at the wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle.

Does being overwhelmed by my job mean I’ve mistaken my calling or am doing something wrong?

Libertas Christian School made headlines this past November for maintaining a staunch opposition to statewide mask mandates in Michigan.

The Bingham girls and their siblings attended a segregated school to which they were transported daily in the back of a pickup truck, rain or shine, 20 miles each way.

Justin Bailey seeks to infuse apologetics with an appeal to the imagination, the aesthetic, and the affective.

Bethel Music’s Cory Asbury hits it out of the park with his third full-length album of worshipful pop.

Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine tells a moving and ambitious story about a young Jewish girl who must play her own role in her people's epic history—no matter the sacrifice.

The executive committee of the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates has approved hiring Tim Rietkerk as the next director of the CRC’s Chaplaincy and Care Ministry.

C.I.A. (Christ in Action) boys club, founded at Sunlight Community Church in Port Saint Lucie, Fla., in 2019, is “helping boys connect deeper with God, learn and understand the gospel, and grow into men who live out their lives in passionate response to the good news.”

In my view, the term “pro-life” should encompass the protection of all human life from all causes—not just abortion.

African American leaders and seminary presidents said they had an ‘honest and open conversation’ during the virtual meeting last week.

Here are a few examples of Christian Reformed churches, members, and pastors who are already deepening their spiritual practices in transformative and life-giving ways.

The acclaimed New York Times-bestselling historical young adult mystery from Monica Hesse, the award-winning author of Girl in the Blue Coat.

A mysterious stone grants wishes at a cost, and Wonder Woman faces an impossible choice

With rhythmic language and captivating art, this cumulative tale portrays the terrible impact of trash on the ocean and marine life, inspiring us to make changes to save our seas.