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Have you ever tried to explain the Christmas story to someone who has never heard it before?

Rev. Charles T. Fennema

1929 – 2006

My father loved to tell the joke about the man who looked in the paper every morning to see if his name was in it.

Mysteries make us curious. We want to know what happened, how, and why. But you say Christmas is not a mystery?

This year my wife, April, learned firsthand of the wonders of Internet blogging.

Christmas is first of all about Jesus.

I awoke before dawn in southern Sudan to what I thought was the sound of a rooster crowing.

Creation Care

Q: I hate diverting my focus from the joy of Christmas, but I’m troub

When field leader Albert Strydhorst in Nigeria picked “Crossing Borders” as the name for Christian Reformed World Missions&rs

Saturday mornings in Brazil are much like Saturday mornings in North America.

It’s not too late to plan a Christmas program!

Calvin College has been named one of the best places to work in academia by The Scientist, a magazine for the life sciences now in its 21

It’s a sad fact but true: people with disabilities are often excluded from many aspects of the life and ministry of a congregation.

Will the Christian Reformed Church of 2057 be anything like the denomination of 1957?

What can a group of pastors and lay people from Grand Rapids, Mich., teach the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee about fighting r

Every summer, high school students from across North America join in a common quest: to discover whether Christian ministry might be thei

The “nail boys” are at it again.

When God has a work to do among his people, he sets them praying.

Last year more than 1.3 million people responded to the broadcast ministry of The Back to God Hour by visiting one of the ministry websit

“We hide for 15 minutes each day so we can listen to your broadcast,” e-mailed a listener from the central African nation of

Christmas is a time of very mixed emotions for me. As a father and grandfather, I enjoy the warmth of family.

GERRY SHUDDERED at the thought. She was facing her first Christmas without her husband.

IN DECEMBER when I leave for work the mornings are dark as the days slowly tick off to the 21st, the winter solstice.