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Seven Canadian CRCs from across the country took part in this pilot Community Opportunity Scan learning cohort.

Every week, the Christian Reformed Church’s Safe Church office receives calls from those who say they have experienced some form of abuse in their church.

Lately, the war in Ukraine is exposing the vulnerability of the earth to this simple truth.

An atmospheric Celtic folk/prog rock album expresses feelings of separation and loss during the Pandemic.

A young girl forced to work in a Queens sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful debut memoir about labor and self-worth that traces a Chinese immigrant’s journey to an American future.

From National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins comes a sweet and innovative picture book about a first-generation immigrant child living in America.

Announced in February and finalized at the end of April, Calvin University’s Center for Social Research is now a private consulting firm, run by the same people, just outside of the academy.

How can God ask Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, even as a test of obedience? Isn't that cruel and a case of child abuse?

Of course Black lives matter, and it is important in the church of Jesus, in the historical and present context of North America, to say so unequivocally.

God’s love for people who have been marginalized, discarded, and taken advantage of reverberates throughout the Bible.

Idolatry is indeed a threat—a temptation that Christians ought to resist through the Spirit’s leading.

When we are surveyed, we feel like a number about to be made into a statistic, and often we are.

An empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisdom from the late Congressman John Lewis, venerable civil rights champion, at the end of his remarkable life.

A secretary and a spy try to stop Hitler’s rise to power.

From the award-winning author of The Great Trouble comes a story for middle-grade readers of espionage, survival, and friendship during World War II.

A faithful man of God, David Zylstra pastored for 43 years in five Christian Reformed congregations. He died March 24, aged 73.

What do we do when the pain and struggle are ongoing, and the happy ending doesn’t appear?

The board of directors of the Christian Reformed Church in Canada has appointed Rev. Al Postma as its transitional executive director for a period of two years.

Joe Kuilema, a professor of social work at Calvin University who conducted a civil same-sex wedding ceremony last fall, learned he won’t be reappointed. A memo said the act “strongly suggests that he condones behavior that is out of step with stated policies.” Reports say he will appeal.

You are born to be so many things. My wish for you—no matter where your journey leads—is for you to always … Be You!

There is something extremely comforting about being in a room—even a virtual room—with others who have shared the same struggles and found some of the same solutions.

ReFrame Ministries’ partners around the world often receive messages from people who are lonely and exhausted.

How can we be attentive to God at work in these everyday moments?