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Henri J.M. Nouwen was a beloved priest, writer, and theologian.

From where I live, I can see the Ohio River from my daughter’s third-floor bedroom. Tucked below the hill overlooking the river a train track runs, but I can’t see it.

Leslie Jordan and David Leonard, the duo who make up the worship band All Sons and Daughters, were looking for inspiration for a new batch of songs.

Using both Arabic and English text, a fictional Syrian girl named Rama tells the story of how her family became refugees.

“With deep sadness for recent violent events in the United States and Canada, we join others in grieving the deaths of Terence Crutcher, Colten Boushie, and many others across the world."

Five years after the death of 15-year-old Connor Vanderveen, CASA Connor will officially open next month in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

In an inner-city neighborhood of Philadelphia, Joe Sandberlin can often be found fixing a neighbor’s roof free of charge or sharing the gospel at the local medical clinic.

Delegates to Synod 2016 (the Christian Reformed Church’s annual general assembly) expressed the need for new materials for Sunday school and catechism.

Simon Wolfert “loved life, loved people, and loved his family. He was funny and made us laugh,” said his family.

Many old-timers like me will remember when the Ten Commandments were read each Sunday in worship, usually before a confession of sin.

It’s October, and that means Halloween is coming soon.

Pastor Church Resources, formerly called Pastor-Church Relations, is expanding programs of healing and prevention for ministers, church staff, councils, and congregations.

A recent conference at Calvin Theological Seminary gave some of the seminary's new faculty members a chance to join a well-known Reformed theologian in connecting their areas of expertise to the ministry of the church.

Listeners of Michael Kiwanuka's 2012 debut album, Home Again, could be forgiven for thinking they were hearing new music from James Taylor.

“Great knowledge comes from the humblest of origins.”

One resource that worked well for us was John Timmer’s Four-Dimensional Jesus (Faith Alive Christian Resources).

From her nest in a rock crevice overlooking a majestic canyon, a baby wren sees that “the world was filled with such wonderfulness”—monarch butterflies, soft breezes, and a shimmering river.

It’s been several months since Synod 2016 made decisions about the reports from the Committee to Provide Pastoral Guidance Regarding Same-Sex Marriage.

Whoever said age is just a number may have had Jim Polet in mind.

Songs have a way of connecting people to others and to their past.

Nearly six months after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry declared the murder of Christians in the Middle East a “genocide,”