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Monica Schaap Pierce, the new executive director of Christian Churches Together, USA, sees the group’s “intentional focus on relationship-building … as important as ever given the urgency of unity in our divided world.”

Hearts Exchanged is a learning and action journey being offered across Canada that was designed to prepare Christians to build relationships marked by mutual respect and reciprocity with Indigenous communities.

No one can deny the value of ongoing learning in our life and ministry, yet, curiously, we often overlook it.

An extension of River Valley Worship, AGES is the sound of the young people of River Valley Church.

In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the now-teens unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries.

Leaders in many Christian churches are embracing Enneagram personality typing. I would be very glad to have solidly Reformed feedback on this practice.

Sin is our daily addiction. When we come together in worship, it is a time of encouraging each other in sobriety from our sins.

Why is our preaching viewed by some as the promotion and protection of ideals and values we hold sacred and not as the delivery of good news to be discussed?

 Jesus is effectively declaring in Luke 24:44 that the entire Old Testament is pointing to him.

A cub reporter is given the menial task of writing an obituary for an unremarkable woman who's just entered hospice care, and both lives are changed.

A family-friendly film about the rise of NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, from immigrant child to Finals MVP.

One woman’s true story of escaping sex trafficking and advocating for those still being trafficked.

A July 27 letter from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine to the Ecumenical Patriarch  speaks to concerns for the entire global Orthodox Christian community.

In Washington, D.C., members danced and sang to a global selection of hymns and grappled with the power of song to change the world.

Laurie Hiemstra, an orthopedic surgeon in Banff, Alta., who grew up in the Christian Reformed Church, is the 77th person and first woman to lead the national association.

Dear White Peacemakers draws on the Sermon on the Mount, spirituals, and personal stories from author Osheta Moore’s work as a pastor in Minnesota.

Harry's House, the third studio album by singer-songwriter Harry Styles, has been noted as the artist’s most introspective work.

An excavation project in its 10th season in an ancient Galilean synagogue at Huqoq uncovered intricate mosaic floor panels dating back nearly 1,600 years.

Jim Kok loved being a pastor and touched many lives during his 65 years of ministry. He died July 3 at age 90.

Pope Francis apologized for 'the ways in which, regrettably, many Christians supported the colonizing mentality.'

The synodical advisory committee handling the overtures asked me to share my story.

That evening I was miserable. The eye was throbbing with pain as the anesthesia slowly wore off. I couldn’t sleep.

Looking for a fresh start, advice columnist Sissy Yoder heads to small-town Yoder, Kans., to help in her aunt’s café. But when a milkman is murdered, the newcomer becomes the prime suspect.