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We begin with a belief that God has created a diverse world and that God loves diversity.

A British documentary filmmaker follows her Pakistani British best friend as he opts for an arranged or “assisted” marriage in this breezy rom-com.

Weaving wartime intrigue, rural village life, and little-known historical facts about the role of carrier pigeons in WWII, Stephanie Graves continues the adventures of British pigeoneer Olive Bright.

I’m not sure when it dawned on me that I had embraced pretty deep racist attitudes expressed unconsciously in regular behavior.

A love letter to and for Asian Americans—a vivid scrapbook of voices, emotions, and memories from an era in which our culture was forged and transformed.

When a madman out for revenge attacks his family, Dominic Toretto hunts him down as only he can.

A determined Owl builds strength and confidence in this medieval picture book about the real mettle of a hero: wits, humor, and heart.

An active pastor of the Indonesian Christian Reformed Fellowship in Dover, N.H., Michael Lapian died June 25. He was 61.

Playing pickleball with church members and neighbors “brings down barriers” says Philadelphia pastor and pickleball enthusiast Gabriel Wang-Herrera.

Unity Christian High School in Hudsonville, Mich., won the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 girls soccer state championship June 16.

One of the ways I’ve identified with my Nêhiyaw culture is to come to appreciate burning sweetgrass and sage.

At its general assembly in June, the Christian Reformed Church reiterated directions that the Grand Rapids, Mich., congregation come “into alignment with the biblical guidelines affirmed by Synod 2022 regarding same-sex, sexual relationships.” Now the church has to decide how to proceed.

Our responsibility of caring for this creation is meant to provide us with purpose, meaning, and joy as God’s image bearers.

An Iowan band made up of CRC members releases its second album of atmospheric pop/folk.

The story of a persistent woman whose research in molecular biology changed the world.

The ground glimmered with the soft light of disturbed glowworms, which are actually firefly larvae.

See some of our top picks for reading and watching for July and August, 2023.

Pastor, teacher, and non-scientist John Van Sloten invites us to know God more deeply as we marvel at the complexities of his amazing creation.

Henk Rogers discovers Tetris in 1988 and then risks everything by traveling to the Soviet Union, where he joins forces with inventor Alexey Pajitnov to bring the game to the masses.

It’s 1952 in suburban Detroit, and Bertha Harding joins the All-American Women’s Baseball League, even as her father is accused of being a Communist.

Diane Wendt has led the Coffee and Comfort grief group at Orland Park Christian Reformed Church since 1980. As long as God can use her, she says, she’ll keep doing the work of walking with people through their grief.

Many U.S. religious minorities said the ruling was a much-needed corrective to the challenges they face in balancing their work with their sincerely held religious practices.

Through the experience, they caught glimpses of hope in this area of conflict and controversy.