A clear soprano voice drifts down the narrow street into the gourmet sweet shop where I'm browsing among nut clusters, dark fudge, and fa

Money

Q My income just went down.

It's 6:30 a.m.—another school day in our household.

Embryo Adoption

There is much good in this article. The article also raises a few issues.

Some time ago I asked my oldest son a question that was very hard to ask.

Recently my family sifted through objects from the past and the memories they inspired while cleaning out a sway-backed old horse barn

The ethical position of the Christian Reformed Church on homosexuality was reaffirmed by the denomination's synod (annual leadership meet

Derek and his sister, Lauren, strolled into All-Mart in search of the perfect Valentine’s cards for their classmates.

"I am a beautiful, much-loved child of God.” How difficult it really is to say those words.

I’m 25 and I’m not married. I’m fine with that.

Calling/Mission

Q I’m an adult who is frustrated at not finding my life calling des

John Calvin

What a wonderful, informative essay was the story on John Calvin (“John Calvin, We Hardly Knew Ye,” Janu

When my three-year-old daughter asked who made the moon, my answer was simple and suited her fine: God did.

The first Wednesday in Lent never fails to catch me by surprise.

It’s a harsh fact of life that when the economy tanks, many people get pitched out of work through no fault of their own.

My daughter and her husband took their four kids to see the Vermont Lake Monsters play baseball.

This year—July 10, 2009, to be exact—marks the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth.

Have you ever heard of John Calvin?

In the midst of the busyness and noise of life, do you find it hard to stop and listen to God?

Relationships

Q Does everyone go through a midlife crisis at some point?

Thank You’s

I loved Jacob Eppinga’s “Preachers” (Cabbages and Kings, January 2007).

In August 2007 the Lord said to my family, “Leave your friends and country and go to the land I will show you.