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Thea DeGroot and her friends from Redeemer Christian Reformed Church in Sarnia, Ontario, wanted to do more than just talk about social ju

A May tornado flattened much of the northeast Iowa town of Parkersburg.

After negotiating with Calvin College’s administration about her choice to attend a Baptist church, education professor Denise Isom

The 2008 Sea to Sea bicycle tour launched Monday, June 30, as 144 cyclists pedaled off under sunny skies from Golden Beach Park in Seattl

When I lived in Washington, D.C., I commuted by subway.

Do you ever feel like you’ve been left behind?

Back to God media ministries is establishing Listener Communities in remote areas of Indonesia where there are few churches (see “L

Ten years ago Brother Tang was a new believer searching for help.

Reuben VanGilst is using his talent in construction to rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

As Calvin’s graduating student engineers geared up for their annual Senior Projects Night, they put in a lot of hours in the colleg

For four years, Mike Johnson ran a successful Christian Reformed Home Missions Leadership Development Network (LDN) in Texas.

Along with ministry basics like theology, pastoral care, and preaching, students at Calvin Theological Seminary (CTS) are learning how to

At a dinner party, you ask a question, a simple question.

Health

Q Is there any merit in discontinuing handshakes in church to prevent infections?

Truth in Palestine

Your June 2008 article “CRC Leaders Visit Palestine” gives a glimpse of what is happening in the I

Something that has long puzzled me is the Christian Reformed Church’s relationship with its chaplains.

Rev. Ole was pastor of the local Norwegian Lutheran Church, and Pastor Sven was minister of the Swedish Covenant Church across the road.

Our family went camping every summer. It was fun, healthy, and cheap.

We played church. We even played wedding. I don’t think we ever played funeral. Should children attend the latter?

I GREW UP in the Christian Reformed Church and attended Christian schools that espoused a Reformed outlook.

How do you feel about squash?

I think it’s disgusting. It’s mushy, too orange, and it smells funny.

Discovering that a relative or friend or church member is involved in an affair shocks us.

A sex-saturated society. That phrase captures the cultural context in which we live today.