A young girl forced to work in a Queens sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful debut memoir about labor and self-worth that traces a Chinese immigrant’s journey to an American future.
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Read our regular columns on Faith Matters, Big Questions, Christian apologetics, Editorials, the Discover page (especially for kids), the Vantage Point, the Other Six, and letters from Christian Reformed Church members and our readers. Our online-only columns are As I Was Saying and Behind the Banner.
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From National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins comes a sweet and innovative picture book about a first-generation immigrant child living in America.
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How can God ask Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, even as a test of obedience? Isn't that cruel and a case of child abuse?
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Of course Black lives matter, and it is important in the church of Jesus, in the historical and present context of North America, to say so unequivocally.
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God’s love for people who have been marginalized, discarded, and taken advantage of reverberates throughout the Bible.
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Idolatry is indeed a threat—a temptation that Christians ought to resist through the Spirit’s leading.
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When we are surveyed, we feel like a number about to be made into a statistic, and often we are.
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An empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisdom from the late Congressman John Lewis, venerable civil rights champion, at the end of his remarkable life.
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A secretary and a spy try to stop Hitler’s rise to power.
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From the award-winning author of The Great Trouble comes a story for middle-grade readers of espionage, survival, and friendship during World War II.
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What do we do when the pain and struggle are ongoing, and the happy ending doesn’t appear?
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You are born to be so many things. My wish for you—no matter where your journey leads—is for you to always … Be You!
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Founded in 1996, Seattle’s Mars Hill Church was poised to be an influential, undeniable force in evangelicalism—that is until its spiraling collapse in 2014.
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Spiritual director Alice Fryling explores how to navigate the journey of retirement, lifestyle changes, and new limitations of aging.
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Hitmaker Jordan St. Cyr releases his first full length recording, including “Fires” and “Weary Traveler.”
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He pointed to a chair and told me he’d have my watch fixed in a couple minutes if I wanted to wait.
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They did not choose to leave their land. They were forced to. Violence pushed them out, and a search for survival pulled them forward.
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A reviewer makes a case for watching Oscar nominee Drive My Car at home.
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We will always fight over something unless we face and resolve our underlying issues. As far as I can tell, we have collectively ignored them.
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I was a child of Dutch immigrants in the 1950s, and my adult children are now asking more details about their grandparents, of whom they all have wonderful impressions.
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Today, when opinion is taken to be fact and fact taken as opinion, there seems to be a wide array of approaches as to how to deal with change.
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In 365 Days of Peace, writer and theologian Jessica Kantrowitz offers a moment of peace for that transition into the evening.
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A journalist investigates the case of Anna Delvey, the Instagram-legendary heiress who stole the hearts and money of New York elites.
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This lighthearted story about loyalty, problem solving, friendship, and independence is divided into short, action-packed chapters for ages 8-12.