Three identifiable wings highlight our denomination’s uniqueness on the ecclesiastical landscape.

Churches can be a prophetic voice for a covenant economy that is centered on caring for people and the earth.

Fall is apple time!

A practical proposal for making Sunday worship integral to our weekday life.

Synod 2012 Reportedly, more than a few people want the church to preach the gospel without mentioning political, economic and social issues (News, July 2012). What gospel would that be? Not the good news of Jesus. He calls his followers to relieve suffering of the poor, the foreigners, the sick and prisoners (Matt. 25). John Calvin ceaselessly points out that relief of human suffering is a Christian duty. The poor deserve charity even when they are “contemptible and worthless” or have “provoked you with injuries and insults.” Why? Because they are made in God’s image and God values them no less than he values you (Institutes, Vol. 3, vii). In recent years, governments on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border have increased income inequality, enforced austerity on the backs of the poor, imprisoned more people for longer terms and shirked necessary earth care. Jesus says taking no notice of the marginalized earns you hell. The gospel, stripped of social justice, is not good news.

This Shreveport, La., musical group is a miracle in itself.

Savoring the joys of the absence of evil.

Finding a new church home can be a time of encouragement and spiritual growth.

The fears we face are anything but fake.

In this stunning and stirring analysis, law professor Michelle Alexander argues that the “War on Drugs” has created a racial caste system in America akin to slavery and segregation.

A new blog, “The Twelve,” carries the byline “Reformed.