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The unlikely friendship between two very different Syrian girls, the pressures and expectations of the perfect Syrian daughter, and the repercussions of the Syrian Revolution both at home and abroad.

Growing crops and feeding communities is becoming more difficult in Uganda. That’s why Resonate Global Mission missionary Sara Sytsma took a group of young people to visit a farm and learn new growing techniques.

Late fall and new winter reading, from a Norwegian classic set in medieval times to a faith-based espionage thriller.

Spoken word artist and bestselling author Hosanna Wong unveils a fresh approach to spiritual disciplines as the practical ways we can stay connected to God and to our true selves.

Crash of the Crown is the seventeenth studio album by American rock band Styx.

There are two ways we can read the Bible: as if it’s a mirror or as if it’s a pair of binoculars.

I can hardly imagine my becoming a pastor without having experienced the life of a parkie for the past four seasons and befriending the beautiful and complex people who live in the parks.

Many young families have enrolled their children in various sports programs, which are healthy but often conflict with Sunday church services. Consequently, we don’t see these families in church often. What can be done? How should the church handle this?

A minister, a U.S. Army National Guard chaplain, and first director of the Christian Reformed Church’s Committee on Disability Concerns, Ted Verseput died Sept. 19. He was 96.

A modest, humble man with a great sense of humor, Fred Heslinga pastored six churches and was an active pastor of visitation until he died Sept. 26. He was 77.

A paradigm-shifting look at a long-undervalued yet hugely beneficial personality trait, from the creators of the world’s largest community for highly sensitive people.

A young, media-savvy Catholic priest enlists a malevolent hacker to blackmail a wealthy parishioner with secret recordings of his confessions.

By analyzing the literature, art, and popular culture that has surrounded evangelicalism, Karen Swallow Prior unpacks some of the movement's most deeply held concepts, ideas, values, and practices to consider what is Christian rather than merely cultural.

The Oct. 11-13 meeting of the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates was the first for new Connections, Governance, and ministry committees, and a clearer delineation of ecclesiastical and organizational governance.

The Canada Ministry Board sets next Canada-wide Conversation, while the U.S. Ministry Board grants purchase and sale power for CRCNA building.

There has been no offer yet for the available property at 1700 28th Street SE in Grand Rapids, Mich., but the Christian Reformed Church’s U.S. Ministry Board has empowered its officers to act if there is one.

The tragedy of food waste is what motivated Calvin University student Katarina Woldt to join and help lead the university’s local chapter of the Food Recovery Network several years ago.

What is the primary role of the church in God’s mission?

In Season 8, Vicar Will Davenport must face his demons when he inadvertently causes a fatal car accident.

In Agatha Award-winning author Erica Ruth Neubauer’s fourth wanderlust-inspiring historical mystery, it’s 1926 and the adventures of vibrant, young American widow Jane Wunderly send her to Istanbul, Turkey.

What if, instead of being caught up in hyperpartisanship, the CRC tried to provide an alternative to polarization and fragmentation in the church, society, and politics?

Perhaps because grief weighed me down, every day seemed cold and rainy.

The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec says, but we can still honor the bonds between us.