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While firefighters sought to squelch the deadly wildfires across thousands of acres of Southern California, the Christian Reformed World

The closure of a rural church in southern Ontario has split families and grieved churches across Classis Chatham (a regional group of chu

For the past five years the young people of Valley Christian Reformed Church in Binghamton, N.Y., have staged a live nativity for the com

A play about gay Christians, written by Calvin College drama professor Stephanie Sandberg, sold out on its opening night in September and

Rev. Bernard T. Haan

Nov. 14, 1921 – Aug. 27, 2007

Nov. 1, 1930 – June 21, 2007

I always come early for morning services so I can take my place undetected under the back bench.

Should a doctrinal statement that’s nearly four-and-a-half centuries old be used to teach t

 New England isn’t the part of North America that springs to mind when someone says “Christian Reformed Church.” O

Our North American culture today is a study in contrasts.

We rarely think about the things listed on these pages. Yet each one makes a BIG difference in our lives.

Relationships

Q I know a number of people who take antidepressants but never go for counseling.

You have likely witnessed friends or families saying goodbye to one another dozens of times.

It really was, as the cliché goes, a dark and stormy night.

Stopping Violence

Kudos to Rev. David Kromminga for his article “Being Baptized in a Violent World” (October 2007).

Several weeks ago I attended a conference at Calvin College that focused on the Christian Reformed Church’s 150th birthday.

Seen in Ebbetts Pass Sporting Goods Store in Arnold, Calif.,

—this promise: “Children who are not supervised while in

The year of celebrating the 150th birthday of the Christian Reformed Church is drawing to a close.

Do you remember your favorite childhood picture book? Most of us can point to at least one story, whether it was a fairy tale or a Dr.

Many of the residents of lower Manhattan in New York City are busy affluent urban professionals: stockbrokers, lawyers, and executives cl

On a sweltering Sunday in July, more than 21,000 people crowded into a soccer stadium in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

This has been one of my favorite classes by far at seminary, partly because it connected theory and theology with practice, and that&rsqu