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It’s like a Jeopardy game show answer: “These are the three reasons oftentimes given as to why someone with a drinking problem cannot get sober.”

Silence in the face of the Holocaust’s horrors is appropriate. However, silence in the face of the anti-Semitism that triggered that genocide is inexcusable and persistent.

A masterpiece is defined as the best work of an artist. So we are the best work of all that God created.

The God who guides us along the right paths also guides us through the darkest valleys.

From replacing school nutrition programs to large-scale food pantry distribution, three Christian Reformed churches in three cities are using community partnerships to help fill gaps.

The Grand Rapids Association of Pastors issued a statement and gathered pastors to show unity June 4. Christian Reformed clergy and seminary leaders are among those who signed the statement.

This historical novel about the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 has striking similarities to the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.

A murder sends a reporter and former spy/current pastor on a search for the truth.

In this memoir, an Iranian refugee defies stereotypes and raises surprising questions about the immigrant experience.

A new Netflix series follows the lives of three Southern women as they navigate love and change.

My racism degrades bearers of God’s image, even while it distorts my own humanity. It is abhorrent in God’s eyes.  And I am guilty of it.

Classis Georgetown, a regional group of Christian Reformed congregations in western Michigan, has developed a pilot program to provide support to spouses of pastors within the classis.

Churches for Middle East Peace, a coalition that actively promotes a comprehensive resolution to conflicts in the Middle East, released a letter to Congress on June 2, “opposing unilateral annexation of the Occupied West Bank.”

Denise Posie may be retiring as the Christian Reformed Church’s director of leadership development, a position that's come to focus on leadership diversity, but the 66-year-old is still curious about the work that might come next.

Rev. Cecil Van Niejenhuis, co-director of the office of Pastor Church Resources since 2017, is retiring in June, the same month he turns 65.

Being a Christian and attending church is often seen as shameful and dishonoring your family, friends, and co-workers.

The courageous and true story of Alaa, who in the midst of the Syrian Civil War offered safe haven to Aleppo’s abandoned cats.

Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams explores trauma, shame, and depression on her first solo album.

Two groups of Dordt University engineering students, 20 years apart, worked on designing a pediatric wheelchair for the development support agency Hope Haven.

Images flooded my mind. Each of those relationships has affected his outlook on life and what it means to live out his faith.

I’ve just finished riding all the roller coasters at Canada’s Wonderland. All seventeen.

Even a few months ago, predicting the rise of drive-in churches was laughable.

A philosopher launches an exploration of the connections between humor and many of the central topics of Christian theology.