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Reasons for busyness vary from family to family, but one reason is we don’t want to miss out on anything.

A vividly illustrated picture book teaches children about their refugee counterparts around the world.

Fiddles fly on this Irish-infused collection of Christmas music from the beloved Gettys.

A sad but sweet movie about a dog and his racecar driver owner.

About 400 ministry leaders attended “GC2: Facing Hard Truths and Challenges of Pastoral Ministry” at the Billy Graham Center in Wheaton, Ill., last Friday.

As a recognition of Peace Week in late November, the Sarnia-Lambton (Ont.) YMCA presented its Peace Medallion to Christian Reformed Church member Henny Drope, for 25 years of volunteer service in welcoming refugees.

At the “Safe Spaces” conference Nov. 16 the Safe Church Ministry partnership for the B.C. Christian Reformed churches welcomed author Jay Stringer to help ministry leaders and others face realities of sexual brokenness.

The church is a community of vulnerability. And God intends that to be our strength.

“Muslims are famously unlikely to convert. We knew from the beginning that it would be God’s Holy Spirit at work if we saw anyone at all follow Jesus.”

However one is involved in ministry, it is important to recognize these “not yet” moments and encourage each other along the journey. Here are two stories of hope within unresolved ministry.

Bill Renkema, missionary, church planter and pastor, died Oct. 28. He had an unwavering faith and said of what he wished he could still do, “I’d tell more people about Jesus.” 

Pastor, theologian and professor, Paul Szto, died Oct. 22 in New York City. He was 95.

The author of Radical takes readers on a soul-searching journey through impoverished villages in the Himalayan mountains.

An award-winning, harrowing novel about two orphans living in Newfoundland.

Jeremy Camp’s 12th studio album dazzles with electronic beats and stirring lyrics.

How can we trust that the Bible we have is any good if the canon was selected by the early church and preserved by church tradition?

How do you keep warm in the winter? Maybe you wear a sweater or a winter coat. But how do animals keep themselves warm?

성경에서 생명은 관계를 의미합니다. 그것은 몸과 영혼이 하나님께 속하는 것이고, 다음으로 공동체에 속하는 것입니다.

You cannot resolve the conflicts within your parents’ marriage that are highlighted by these political differences.

It was mid-December. We were all waiting. But we weren't waiting like the rest of the world.

The senior boys’ volleyball team at Smithville (Ont.) Christian High School are 2019 Ontario champions, earning the Boys’ A title for the second time in six years.

First Christian Reformed Church in Bellflower, Calif., honored nine of their military veteran members Nov. 10, presenting quilts made by volunteer organization Quilts of Valor.

A podcaster finds a new calling when he gets a friend request from God.