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In 1985, I was a typical 3-year-old boy living in Iowa. I played with toy trucks and tractors and didn’t like the word “nap.”

Graafschap CRC in Holland, Mich., was among the first congregations that joined to become the Christian Reformed Church in North America. Its July 4 community event includes heritage tours and family fun.

“For the Care of Creation” will be added to the existing list of 17 Masses for special civil needs.

Especially toward guests, kèqì is an overwhelming, welcoming force.

In The Power of Sharing, members of the i understand community, an organization dedicated to brain health and suicide prevention, open up about how mental illness has touched their lives.

A Dutch physicist films his silent hikes around the world.

With Elijah's autism, church has just become too hard. We've tried taking him, and there just isn't a place for him. What can be done?

A not-so-typical look at the mysteries of the monarch butterfly for 8- to 12-year-olds.

Although I am resigning in protest, I am not bitter or angry. I am disappointed, of course, but I have gone through a discerning process.

Isolation has crept in slowly—first through busyness, then through screens, and now through habits we don’t even question. It’s not just sad—it’s spiritually dangerous.

The last working man on earth heads to the far reaches of the galaxy as a delivery driver.

Tim Challies—author of Seasons of Sorrow—invites you into a treasure trove of devotional poetry from our spiritual forebearers.

The Hartford Institute for Religion Research post-pandemic study of U.S. churchgoers found that 46% report active engagement with more than one church.

A Congolese pastor in Arizona was looking for a church to host his immigrant congregation; a fellow pastor in Michigan said to find a Christian Reformed Church to help.

This first illustrated Bible storybook from one of the world's top Bible scholars draws the connections across all of God's very good story, his Word.

If you’ve been asked to teach in your church’s education program, you might wonder what it takes to be a good teacher.

Maintaining a healthy, differentiated pastoral identity requires a persistent focus on the Bible’s descriptions of a pastor.

Healing is not linear; neither is grief.

One of the first women to enroll in Calvin Theological Seminary, Nola Galluch, had a long career as a Christian counselor. She died May 10 at age 76.

With over 40 years of pastoring and serving different communities as chaplain, Jerry DeVries, a gentle and humble pastor, died May 30. He was 85.

This two-part series, starring Douglas Henshall and Kate Ashfield, tells the story of a major car accident that forever changes the lives of those involved.

The Bible is replete with women who felt on the outskirts of life, unseen and voiceless. In their stories, you not only learn more about them but understand that you are seen and heard.

We live in a secular age, a world dominated by science and technology. Increasing numbers of us don't believe in God anymore. We don't expect miracles. This book points the way back.