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What if abuse happens in your church?

a mystery, this sad girl
her inner workings cloistered
she retreats to the corner

As a parent I have found the management of household chores to be a chore.

Following our Sunday-morning worship service, I was visiting with my friend Doug Vande Griend, an attorney in Salem, Ore.:

First CRC in Chatham hosted a gang of bikers during its Ride to Church motorcycle service.

Teen lifeguards Megan Smith and Charlotte Donaldson invented a new aquatic spinal rescue board.

A large donation of high-quality furniture helped the church raise money and give back to the community.

School in Longmont wins mayor’s Positive Impact Award.

Grace CRC in Chatham planned seven service projects between Easter and Pentecost.

Do you have a passion for telling stories of how God is at work in the Christian Reformed Church?

Used stamps raise money for Spanish-language Sunday school materials.

Linking old and new, Hymnary.org offers more than 1 million published hymns, scores, PowerPoints

Kirk Franklin’s latest gospel album, Hello Fear, is a wide-r

Debbie Macomber helps readers see with fresh eyes the people whom God has placed in their path and “to realize how each has shap

A short list of needful truths most pastors would like to see you work into your life.

As someone who works most weekends and just about every Sunday night, I’ve developed the good discipline of taking Mondays off.

Many of the earth’s rainforests are located in hot, humid places like Central and South America and parts of Africa, Asia, and A

First CRC in Grand Haven provides free recycling for electronics.

Using horses a Michigan woman provides therapy.

Immanuel CRC helps moms make “homes with a heart.”

Val Brummel works with Hope Haven to provide wheelchairs in Haiti and beyond.

Shannon Prete considers his physical limitations a gift from God.

Seventy-five children attend Millbrook CRC’s after-school program.