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For Carol Van Ess-Dykema, the work of World Renew is quite simple: loving the world through more than just words.

An alcoholic gets a shot at redemption when he coaches his alma mater’s basketball team.

This stirring testimony of a Canadian-Chinese pastor’s prison experience won the Word Guild Best New Manuscript award in 2019.

Half-Chinese Hanna and her father arrive in Dakota Territory in 1880 and face discrimination because of Hanna’s ancestry.

It felt as though every few hours I was hosting discussions between groups of students, or even the whole class, about the conflict that was occurring.

The phone was on speaker, so we all got to hear a bit of her friend’s attempts to console her.

No one should be surprised if they feel like their head is spinning at times; the disruption and disorientation is a real thing.

As much as I try to be fair and irenic, there are times when the truth is divisive. Truth divides between true and false, right and wrong. And politics do intersect, at certain points, with ethics.

A half-hour soothing audio history of math that may or may not put you to sleep.

Francis Chan, author of Crazy Love, offers an hourlong podcast challenging the listener to love radically.

A 75-year history of evangelicalism that identifies the forces that have turned Donald Trump into a hero of the Religious Right.

For two weeks out of every winter, Ann Arbor (Mich.) CRC hosts additional shelter space for the Shelter Association of Washtenaw. This year, their second week of hosting turned into 12 weeks, benefitting the church and the men.

In a 7-2 decision July 8, the Supreme Court of the United States carved out a broad ministerial exception to workplace discrimination rules that allows religious schools to include lay teachers as among those subject to an exemption from civil rights laws.

It is easy for deacons in my church to feel discouraged about our smallness.

A June 30 decision by the U.S. high court has sparked debate over church-state separation.

Written by Calvin professor James K.A. Smith, this wise book opens up the story and spirituality of St. Augustine to a new generation of readers and seekers.

Born out of struggle and catastrophe, Micah Tyler’s new album offers a soulful musical look at God’s mercies, new every day.

Four African American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.

There’s little, if any, scientific or psychological support to these theories. There are benefits and drawbacks to these self-discovery tools.

이 모든 변화와 사회적 혼란 가운데에 교회는 굳건히 서 있습니다.

엘리베이터 안에서 내내 저는 무슨 말을 해야하나 고민했습니다. 저는 그 사람에게 맞서는 것을 두려워했습니다.

All animals need oxygen to live, but not all animals have lungs.

This year, 2020, is the first year in our history where over 50% of our candidates are “minority” by previous definitions. The minority has become the majority.