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An excavation project in its 10th season in an ancient Galilean synagogue at Huqoq uncovered intricate mosaic floor panels dating back nearly 1,600 years.

Jim Kok loved being a pastor and touched many lives during his 65 years of ministry. He died July 3 at age 90.

Pope Francis apologized for 'the ways in which, regrettably, many Christians supported the colonizing mentality.'

The synodical advisory committee handling the overtures asked me to share my story.

That evening I was miserable. The eye was throbbing with pain as the anesthesia slowly wore off. I couldn’t sleep.

Looking for a fresh start, advice columnist Sissy Yoder heads to small-town Yoder, Kans., to help in her aunt’s café. But when a milkman is murdered, the newcomer becomes the prime suspect.

The new Thor movie teaches us that naming grief and loss is the way to healing.

An ode to Black hair and Black-girl joy, this joy-filled rhyming picture book invites young readers into the world of a young Black girl as she rocks her God-given beauty.

Riding the bus home from the swimming pool several years ago, I found myself in a communication conundrum.

Groups of Canadian churches asked for a listening session with the Christian Reformed Church Canada Corporation board in January 2022. Now the board is inviting participants to two more times of “honest sharing and careful listening, (and) of building relationships.”

Meeting by video conference July 25, the directors of the Christian Reformed Church in North America Canada Corporation discussed plans for fall meetings and followed up on past board work.

Peter Elgersma, serving Christian Reformed Church ministries in Canada since 2018, left that work as of July 5. Lesli van Milligen, the Canadian office’s team leader for regional engagement, adds directing congregational ministries in Canada to her duties.

The lawsuit comes amid a slow-moving schism in the United Methodist Church largely over the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members.

About a 10-minute walk from the campus of University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, Cragmor CRC hopes to deepen its relationship with students. The congregation is starting with prayer.

Resolved at a scaled-back General Convention July 8-11, the move comes as U.S. Interior Secretary kicks off a national tour listening to the stories of survivors of American Indian boarding schools in the United States.

Americans are increasingly willing to only support politicians that share their views on abortion, according to a new survey.

Rock Rapids (Iowa) Christian Reformed Church celebrated its 100th anniversary June 25, 2022.

Ellipses help us know that something is so important that it can’t wait until the next sentence to be mentioned.

“Show them no mercy.” Did God really command the genocide of the Canaanites?

St. Patrick’s effective ministry to the Celtic people can show us a path for the here and now.

We can trust that God, the WayMaker, is always at work creating the life of our dreams, through ways we never would have dreamed for ourselves.

Believers and skeptics have civilized debates on this British podcast

Candid, unfiltered stories about how it feels to be a teen adoptee.