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Beautifully Broken is a faith-based film based on the unlikely but true stories of a trio of families who have experienced terrible trauma and amazing grace.

Skilled volunteers from a wide region of established churches lent their time and expertise to prepare an old building for its new worshiping community in the heart of the University of Washington. 

Steadfastly committed to his lifelong calling of preaching, prayer, and pastoral care, Ken Koeman died peacefully on August 8, after a brief illness. He was 75.

First Christian Reformed Church in Fremont, Mich., has been part of the fun in community harvest days with sculpted hay art displays for the last four years.

When I first met Attie, I was a sleep-deprived mess of nerves and disappointment.

Destination Church in St. Thomas, Ont., is a congregation that has been intentional about including everyone from their community, regardless of their struggles and perceived abilities.

Rumaan Alam’s novel paints a portrait of a woman’s journey into the uncharted waters of motherhood and the nature of family across races.

A spectacular album from a band with a wonderful catalog of songs—this is music worth savoring.

The day you first tell someone about your struggle with porn is the day you first move toward healing. Yes, it’s difficult, but vulnerability is also powerful.

My earliest memories of Holy Communion are set in a small church in rural Netherlands. In that place and in those times, the pious took the apostle Paul’s injunctions regarding righteous living at face value.

As much as I lament the decline of the institutional church, I also lament the fact that we are still stuck in our old ways of trying to get people to church.

What does it mean to “give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s”?

War leaves no one unscathed, but director Xavier Beauvois presents the struggle to work the land, the appreciation of the achingly beautiful creation, and the women’s desire for connection and companionship in ways that are fully realized and deeply human.

In this picture book, young Mela experiences a selfless act of kindness that transforms her life.

Bill Kooienga, a warm, kind, gentle, thoughtful, joy-filled man of God, and a pastor in the Christian Reformed Church for 38 years, passed away peacefully on July 12. He was 82.

In 1993, Nick Hengeveld never thought that his early tests on an online gateway would become the most visited Christian website.

In one way or another, it seems Christians keep coming back to the question What makes the church the church right here, right now?

The latest statement from Christian Reformed ministry directors calls on U.S. government leaders to halt cuts to refugee resettlement and increase the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. in 2019

Between August and September 2017, three major hurricanes hit the United States. These storms had a ripple effect that caused difficult situations for many people. 

Mia and her parents are immigrants to California from China. And that is just one of the secrets she keeps.

A. J. Jacobs has much to offer readers about the historical and changing nature of views on the family and what that means for society today.

종교의 자유에 대한 제한은 북미에서조차도 점점 현실이 되고 있습니다. 

인간에게는 다섯 가지 두려움이 있다고 합니다. 이는 제가 10여년 전에 교목이었을 때, 학생 소그룹 모임을 이끌면서 알게 된 것입니다.