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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.”

If biblical justice is a movement that restores broken relationships, then our pursuit of justice is as much about everyday acts of courage and conviction as it is about those dramatic—and intimidating—moments of history. 

It can be very helpful for everyone in a newly blended family if both the marriage partners and their respective children understand that the roles of spouse and parent should not be assumed to automatically go together. 

A worship album based on King Jehoshaphat’s leading the people of Judah in victory by praising the Lord.

The adventures of a deaf and mute girl and her blind rescue dog is based on a true story.

In Fruitport, Mich., when a school system sought adult mentors to encourage struggling students, the local Christian Reformed congregation joined three other churches to make a difference.

Teacher Nicky DeBoer lives in Byron Center, Mich.; the band is located in Sunnyside, Wash. The high school’s principal, looking for qualified teachers dedicated to Christ-centered learning, didn’t see that as a barrier.