It began with nothing in particular. A man settled into his favorite chair one evening, tired from a long day, and reached for his phone the way he always did.

As an Indigenous man, I received my traditional name later in life, because of the disconnect from my own people due to being part of the “Sixties Scoop” generation

Apparently, in back-to-back Sunday sermons, I had left the authors of those two emails with the exact opposite impression.

My church was one of the Christian Reformed churches that stopped offering a formal catechism class for young people. It’s been at least 25 years.

Members of the same churches are judging each other’s characters based on their disagreements. Sometimes they refuse to talk to one another while singing songs of unity.

As a denomination, we’re on the slope of a decades-long demographic decline. But we must not lose sight of who is in our corner.

I believe evangelism is one of the most important areas we need to grow as we think about God’s desired future for our denomination and for our local churches.

Why do so many capable members take a pass when they are invited to let their names stand to serve? And more importantly, what can we do about it?

Liturgy was not a barrier to hospitality. Rather, it was an embodiment of it.

John could have emphasized glory or transcendence. Instead, he shows us Jesus is present through embodied actions

The Sacred Assembly still calls the church to embody justice, to walk alongside Indigenous communities, and uphold the dignity and life of all people.

Artificial intelligence is pervasive in our daily lives, in ways that we are not even aware of.

One of the most scenic pictures of holy love in the gospels takes place after the resurrection not in a crowded city or amid a dramatic miracle, but on a quiet shoreline.

Being people of integrity can be hard. The apostle Paul calls this virtue painful.

The story was very well written—and yet, I kept circling back to the words “much like you and me.”

An authentic person says, “This is who I am. Accept or reject me, but don’t expect me to change for you.” If this is what we mean, we are in for trouble.

In the phrase “Dutch Christian Reformed,” Dad insisted the overwhelming focus had to be on “Christian.” That lesson confronts us today.

As attractively merciful as this belief might sound, it does not fit with the biblical testimony or the universal church or the basic doctrines of God.

One Sunday morning, a pastor steps up to his pulpit and—amid the swirling chaos of a country divided and mourning

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There are two great stories that have shaped my life. The first is the story of Dutch Calvinism. The second is the story of World War II.