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Bud Ipema leaves a 60-year legacy of urban ministry and the promotion of racial reconciliation and social justice. He died on April 14.

A pastor for 58 years, Barry Blankers was gentle, humble, godly, wise, and a genuine role model who tried to live what he preached.

A six-hour miniseries details the lives, loves, and losses of a riveting cast of iconic characters. 

The veteran rock band’s fourth album includes themes of religion, harmony, and hypocrisy. 

Illustrated songs by the late Mister Rogers convey to children that they are treasured. 

We live in an often confusing, ever shifting, and broken world. We see changes happening dramatically in seemingly accelerated ways. How ought the church to respond?

Joanna Gaines presents a lyrical children’s book about the joys and challenges of gardening.  

The life of Simon Peter shows how God makes amazing use of flawed disciples. 

Owens’ near-death experience last year informs empowering, faith-boosting lyrics. 

변화 자체는 총회연구위원회가 언급할 수 있는 것이 아닙니다. 

우리는 개혁주의 전통에 주신 풍성한 지성의 은사에 대해 하나님께 감사해야 합니다.

Born in 1959 as Ha-Jin, Lee was the fourth son of a struggling atheistic family in South Korea, a country still recovering from the Korean War. With Ha-Jin’s birth, nine people lived in their small house.

We can’t see God with our eyes. But God has made amazing things we can see that show us something about our awesome God. God created towering mountains and blazing stars and all sorts of wild and wonderful animals, and God gave us incredible eyes to see it all!

During retirement we are called to discern the varied ways our new status can become an opportunity to be of service to others—our children, grandchildren, siblings, parents, churches, and wider communities.

In a time of rising suicide, religious communities move beyond condemnation to care. Writer Elizabeth Evans shares the Plank family’s story.

Disability Concerns, a joint ministry of the Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Church in America, presented a day-long training event focused on youth and mental health.

Five Christian organizations in Canada partnered to produce Renegotiating Faith, a research study on the growing delay in young adult identity formation and what this means for churches.

Superheroes take a victory lap in this fan-focused finale to the Marvel saga.

A valuable resource for parents, educators, church leaders, and anyone who wants to guide children in the ways of biblical justice.

Within our churches, there is a general pushback against charging Christians with dismantling racism. The fear of white supremacy is considered to be overblown, and talking about racism is equated with progressive theology outside of the bounds of Christian orthodoxy. 

It’s common for people to believe it can’t happen in their congregation. As we’ve seen in these other instances, though, it can and it does happen even among “our” churches. Here are a few key things to keep in mind if your congregation finds itself navigating similar situations.

South Florida rappers track their rise and fall through a lens of faith.

Loosely based on historical events, a Lithuanian girl named Mulan disguises herself as a soldier and fights injustice in 1423.