I was proud of our congregation.

Reconciliation begins with truth.

Living as faithful disciples of Jesus requires making a lot of judgment calls.

Ecumenism both blesses and weakens us. Our structures limp along. And we wrestle with proclaiming relevant Reformed insights. . .

A culture war is raging over the primary purpose of marriage.

He was only 24 years old, and suffering from severe paranoid schizophrenia.

Broken and hurting people. We meet them on service projects and at local nonprofits. We work with them at the office.

The human heart, like clay, is soft and pliable; throughout our lives it is conformed and shaped. The question is, into what?

We care about the poor.

My wife and I live and minister among many Hispanic immigrants, both documented and undocumented.

Jews and Christians have long recognized the words recorded in both Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 as the heart of the Old Testament&rsqu

Dirk, thanks so much for your good thoughts and gutsy gospel endeavor to plant a new church.

I am an exceptionally bad chess player. I’m told I rush too quickly to bring out the queen.

A group of animals gathers at a water hole: A lion drinks next to a zebra. An ostrich runs alongside a lioness.

Imagine that you’ve been invited to the home of new friends.

In this column we’ve reflected all year long on the confessions held by the Christian Reformed Church.

What do CliffsNotes, Auto Mechanics for Dummies, and our church confessions have in common?

To many people a church confession seems like an extra layer of beliefs and teachings added to the multitude of beliefs and teachings

The year my oldest daughter turned 3, I decided to introduce the Christmas story to her.

I am a convert to the Belhar Confession.

Many Christian parents share a common joy: children who are walking with God.

The first piece of furniture I purchased after I bought my home was a large rectangular Shaker-style table of naturally finished pine wit

It became obvious in the 1960s and ’70s that not only did our historic confessions say some things about other Christians that we w