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The men and women labeled as “forgotten” who walk Aurora Avenue in Seattle, Wash., facing homelessness or drug addiction,
When an extreme weather advisory threatened people who live on the street,
On the Seabreeze dairy farm in Delta, B.C., nothing goes to waste, including manure
In Memoriam: Rev. Henry (Hank) Zwaanstra
1936-2016A caring, loving, compassionate, sensitive, and committed husband,
He had done it before, after Tucson, Aurora, Fort Hood, and Sandy Hook: taken on the mantle of the pastor-in-chief
The National Council of Churches and several other Christian organizations have released a statement
Martha Pewee had been in the United States for about 10 years with her husband,
The United States Congress is about as Christian today as it was in the early 1960s,
Despite inclement weather, more than 100 people gathered at Rehoboth (N.M.)
Rev. Shawn Sikkema joked that a good attention-grabbing headline for this story could be “Former megachurch pastor and wife now live among homeless.”
For the last 20 years, Dr. Greidanus, an orthopedic surgeon, has organized and raised funds for Operation Esperanza.
“Who is our neighbor? What is loving your neighbor today?”
Coloring. It is not something that is listed in the intergenerational ministry ideas books.
In Memoriam: Rev. Neal Punt
1928-2016Neal Punt of Grand Haven, Mich., passed away peacefully on October 18 at the age of 87.
Members of The River Church, a Christian Reformed congregation in Allegan, Mich., put together a different kind of Christmas
More than 50 women and girls, including mothers and grandmothers, attended
On the blustery winter evening of December 14, residents of Brighton, Ont., were treated to young carolers
As churches all over the world wait expectantly for Christ’s birth and his second coming
Americans remain split on whether they prefer to be met in stores with “Merry Christmas” or a more general greeting like “Happy holidays,”
Building on its vision to spread the gospel as a diverse body of believers,
The pressure to have it all together or to appear happy can be both overwhelming and downright disheartening for many people at Christmas time.