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I’m not sure what I ought to be doing next. Why does deciding this feel so hard?

A forgotten history. A secret network of women. A legacy of poison and revenge. Welcome to The Lost Apothecary.

A powerful new history of the Black church as a foundation of Black life and a driving force in the larger freedom struggle in America.

Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of a man in the critical stages of Alzheimer's disease.

Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family’s Chinese heritage.

Last October the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates asked a group to design plans for a governance structure that will be in compliance with Canadian tax laws regarding charities. Here’s what’s in the proposal going to Synod 2022.

A 55-50 victory against Jal (N.M.) on May 7 earned Rehoboth (N.M.) Christian School the state championship in varsity boys’ 2A basketball.

Contributing Christian Reformed congregations have pledged $18.4 million for shared denominational ministries in the coming fiscal year.

After 15 months of working on restructuring plans, the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates approved a new leadership structure to recommend to Synod 2022.

The Christian Reformed Church’s annual general assembly is canceled for 2021; instead the Council of Delegates will meet in a special session to address parts of the Agenda that cannot wait until Synod 2022.

Discussing and eventually recommending a new governance structure took much of the Council’s time during its May 5-7 meeting, which also included approving the denomination’s first pledge-based budget.

The CRC’s Council of Delegates approved search team mandates for a new director of the Office of Social Justice and Race Relations ministries and new director of Disability Concerns and took time to confess, lament, exhort, and encourage at its meeting in May.

After Bethany Christian Services adopted an inclusion policy earlier this year, the Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church voted to take the agency off its list of organizations approved to receive offerings from member congregations.

My hope is that the church will hold onto what is good, true, and beautiful while calling out what is base, false, and ugly.

With little to no income, Ekadashi’s parents decided the best action for the whole family was to arrange her marriage to a man in their village.

Beautiful devotional reflections on God as the vinedresser who wants us to flourish, based on Beth Moore’s book Chasing Vines.

Twice a week this classic podcast encourages listeners to action and contemplation.

“No Stranger” is the 10th studio album by American contemporary Christian music singer Natalie Grant.

Imagining all the social media “likes” the image will get fuels my drive to share why that sign and sentiments like it continue to marginalize my son.

I think this “three-legged stool” of home, church, and school is now cracked and wobbly because we are neglecting discipleship and instruction as a result of our preference for absorbing the world’s culture rather than transforming it.

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I sometimes find myself scrolling mindlessly through my social media accounts. I think that’s a problem. Would you agree?

Two former Willow Creek staff members explore the concept of tov, or goodness—unpacking its richness and showing how it can help Christians and churches rise up to resist abuse.