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Joe Covaci, a member of Kitchener (Ont.) Community Christian Reformed Church, achieved a bronze medal in the 3,000-meter run at the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi.

Grand Rapids-based Bethany Christian Services, an agency supported by many Christian Reformed churches, helps place children arriving in the U.S. without guardians in foster homes with the goal of eventually reuniting them with family.

With Nicaragua’s rainy season fast approaching, Luis and Alba Lopez knew their family was in a dire situation—their roof wouldn’t be able to withstand the rainstorms.

우리 교단의 사역계획 우리의 여정 2020의, 우리가 소망하는 다섯 가지 미래 중 하나는 협력에 초점을 맞춥니다. “우리 교회와 사역들은 모든 사람을 제자 삼으라는 예수님의 명령을 신실하게 완수하기 위해 우리 커뮤니티와 세계 곳곳의 협력자들과 손잡고 함께 일할 것입니다.”

척추는 단단 하면서도 유연합니다. 우리 몸의 중심을 잡으면서도 몸이 움직일 수 있게 해 줍니다. 척추와 같은 태도는 경계의 필요는 인정하면서도 단정적인 태도는 피합니다. 

Themes of faith and human trafficking resonate through this YA novel.

Beale Street tells us about music, family, racism, and injustice 

Finding that many students are not equipped for financial literacy, Calvin College has launched Nexus Peer Financial Coaching, helping students learn skills to manage their resources.

Who among us doesn’t feel weak from time to time and in need of something to lean on? So, sure, faith in God is a wonderful support to lean on when we are weak. Except when it’s not.

I suggest asking your congregation some hard questions about how closed or open it is to reaching out to new immigrants.

A backbone is both firm yet flexible, giving both structure and movement to the body. A backbone posture recognizes the need for boundaries but avoids setting them in stone.

Hymnology for church leaders and all who long to have a more profound understanding of the songs we sing. 

In the folk artist’s latest, old stories and rich language blend to say something about modern life.

This vibrant picture book inspires the gritty and graceful girls of today with 15 biblical heroines.

In a conference to mark the 400th anniversary of the Synod of Dort, Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, hosted thinkers and speakers to revisit the canons the synod produced.

In a video featuring voices from various Christian traditions, the Canadian Council of Churches, Citizens for Public Justice, and KAIROS, an ecological justice and human rights mission, call for “an urgent moral and spiritual response” to climate change.

Bible teacher Mac Wiener at Timothy Christian School in Elmhurst, Ill., helped his campus receive Level 1 National Arboretum status by cataloging their garden of trees.

I’m learning to discern the difference between healthy accountability in using my gifts and vainglorious martyrdom.

Oscar-winning short documentary details how women in India are fighting stigma attached to menstruation. 

A debut novel by the daughter of Palestinian immigrants ponders a woman’s worth. 

The Banner; RCA-CRC Disability Concerns; and Reformed Worship, the journal of the Christian Reformed Church’s Worship Ministries, have all been recognized in the 2018 “Best of the Church Press” awards from the Associated Church Press.

The Christian Reformed Church has a process of last resort for sorting out appeals of decisions made by various levels of leadership. The group responsible is the Judicial Code Committee and its members want a review of their practices.

She sat across from me, a look of disbelief on her face. As she spoke, her eyes grew larger, her voice stronger. “These things would never, ever happen in my country,” she said. “But if they did, there would be a big problem for that person and for that person’s family.”