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Parry Stelter, founder of Word of Hope Ministries and a member of  Hope Christian Reformed Church in Stony Plain, Alta., is extending education in the work of reconciliation.

Gary M. Burge’s feature “Pew or Canoe” and Clayton Libolt’s news story “Synod Declares Kinism a Heresy” were among the most engaging this past year. Thanks for reading!

Our younger leaders are asking us to trust them: trust them to lead, trust them to plan worship, trust them with hard conversation, trust them with the budget, trust them to love the church as much as their elders do.

When Li walked through the door at the start of her holiday break, she almost couldn’t believe her eyes.

The independent religious freedom watchdog whose future was in question in recent months has been reauthorized as part of an omnibus bill.

A memoir of a woman who escaped the clutches of the Jehovah’s Witness religious cult.

Singer-songwriter Sandra McCracken embraces the sacred story of Jesus’ birth.

Helping refugees takes finesse, proper training, and certainly prayer. Above all, it comes with great blessing, for in this partnership we are finding friendship, kinship, and the body of Christ.

Is Kanye West’s much-buzzed-about new album truly his first Christian recording?

If we want church to resonate with the next generation, here are a few words to consider dropping.

One of the reasons the “attractional church model” is being questioned today is the realization that it often produces consumers more than it makes disciples.

A soundtrack for Christmas calls listeners to thoughtful reflection.

Don Shaw, one of the founding members of the Christian Reformed church plant Destination Church in St. Thomas, Ont., doesn’t just listen to the friends he meets—he wonders what might happen if friends with differing needs meet one another.

In this lively podcast, Sadie Robertson of “Duck Dynasty” fame asks guests, ‘What is the best advice you have ever been given’?

Phil Wickham’s second Christmas album brings peaceful worship.

A March 2019 poll, conducted online by Pew Research, concludes that a majority of Americans say churches and other houses of worship should stay out of politics.

Meadowlands Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in Hamilton, Ont., spread some love this fall—giving 25 people $100 each to bless the community in whatever way God led them.

The four Kandel sisters—triplets and a younger sister who each retired from a teaching career—share comical, vulnerable, and spiritually astute insights into getting older.

The cultural and medical history of dementia by a leading psychiatrist and bioethicist who urges us to turn our focus from cure to care.

A retired assassin tries to make a fresh start as a pastor, even as the bullets continue to fly.

Peter Sluys lived a joyful life serving his Lord and Saviour. He died Nov. 8 in Edmonton, Alta., at the age of 92.

First Christian Reformed Church in Denver, Colo., hosted its annual Global Bazaar Dec. 7, sharing the “life-changing work” of the participating faith-based missions and fair trade cooperatives.

I have been drawn into conversations that are not casually shared, but vehemently debated. You can lose friends over this one.