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Q. I’m a mother raising three teenage boys on my own and I’m totally overwhelmed.

A father believed his son was spending too much time playing computer games.

Just a week after renovations were complete, Connections CRC’s ministry space went up in flames.

To help others, Ross Poel and his parents are speaking out publicly about Ross’ fight against heroin.

New Life CRC food pantry clients bring their own gifts to the ministry.

Jewel CRC provides songs, church bulletins, and litanies in Braille.

Choristers in Rochester were challenged to bring a musical message with excellence.

Charlottetown CRC formed its own campus ministry on an informal basis.

Grace Valley CRC put almost as much thought into taking down their old building as putting up their new one.

The Civil Wars, the singing/songwriting folk duo of Joy Williams and John Paul White, present their debut album.

According to Xinran, the question most often asked by Chinese girls adopted into Western families is “Why didn’t my Chines

Calvin College recently hosted the Festival of Faith and Music, a bienni

Kurt Rietema is a church planter for Christian Reformed Home Missions in the ethnically diverse neighbo

A former drug addict testifies to God’s faithfulness.

At a time when budgets have been pruned and purse strings tightened, the outpouring of generosity following Haiti’s devastating

Redeemer students wrote essays about faith and science for a scholarship competition.

Tyce VanderLaan placed second in a four-state competition and 21st nationally.

One Grand Rapids church brings families together for dinner.

Offering health clinics helps indigenous churches in India.

Girls build derby cars, boys bake cookies.

Houston Christian School brought home the provincial girls’ basketball title.

Zacharia al Khatib was studying at the University of Alberta while Tom Oosterhuis was the Christian Reformed chaplain there. Afte