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My small group is boring because people sit there but don’t participate. How do I get the members to engage?

For many schools, including the United Methodist Duke Divinity School in Durham, N.C., the Master of Divinity degree could be moving online for good.

In Phoenix, Ariz., a regional assembly of the Reformed Church in America and a classis of the Christian Reformed Church are cooperating to share resources and offer ministry in Orangewood Community Church, a joint church plant that hosted its first public worship service last June.

Learn about the civil rights activist Ella Baker in this inspiring picture book for children.

Christian music mainstay Rebecca St. James makes a comeback with a soothing, uplifting new 6-song EP.

In this fantasy novel set in Chicago, a wizard takes on a small-G god and encounters true Faith in the midst of chaos.

Nate Silver and the FiveThirtyEight team cover the latest in politics, tracking the issues and "game-changers" every week.

It was painful at first, but I have to admit, I feel lighter and more free than ever.

The North American church has committed too many sins and has hurt too many people that we are losing our moral credibility to share the gospel.

Comprometámonos por cultivar algo de disciplina dentro de nuestra vida espiritual y de oración este año.

“In (Uganda), where the false prosperity gospel is usually taken for granted as truth, many Christians don’t know how to think about suffering in their lives, especially sickness and poverty.”

Kids 6 and up learn that crows make their own tools, lead complex social lives, and never forget a human face.

The author of Freakonomics and the author of Grit team up to ask each other compelling questions.

When we begin to see Jesus as our shalom, we begin to understand the depth and hope of his shalom.

Es cierto que Dios no muestra parcialidad ni favoritismo (Rom. 2:11; Ef. 6:9). Pero Dios tampoco borra nuestras diferencias étnicas o raciales. Debemos evitar los dos extremos.

I, as a Republican, was waiting for the reveal. I was waiting for facts to be presented, but despite a lot of confident bravado and self-assured talk, none came.

After reading your suggestion to ditch social media entirely, I see you have accounts on all the major platforms. What’s up with that?

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), an ecumenical group to which the Christian Reformed Church of North America belongs, is calling its Communion members into what it calls a discernment process over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Community Christian Reformed Church in DeMotte, Ind., reopened its community preschool in 2019 and has since been recognized for providing quality early childhood education.

Leverne Tanis had a lifelong devotion to serving God and others. He died Jan. 10 at Bethany Home in Ripon, Calif.

Dr. Ray Vander Weele embarks on a voyage of discovery and celebrates life's joys, challenges, and unexpected turns in this memoir.

Two Netflix series examine obscure sports and odd competitions.