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Every day, a little boy watches kids pass by on skateboards and dreams of joining them. One day, his mother brings a surprise: her old skateboard. But can he find the confidence to join the skateboarders?

I suspect that you want to see God at work—even long to—but the possibility often seems quite elusive.

“Look at me. Here I am burdening you with my troubles and spoiling your morning joy.”

Suddenly a black shape leaning against a gnarly trunk snagged my curiosity.

For author and pastor Tim Keller, both the younger brother and the elder brother in Jesus’ parable are lost, but in different ways.

A pastor, chaplain and past Chaplaincy director who “would go out of his way to connect with people that most of us would overlook,” Jake Heerema died Oct. 11 at age 87.

Having a clear plan for an intentional health or wellbeing practice can lead to flourishing when it comes to mental health for clergy.

Actions of Christian Reformed classes in the past several months include examining and approving candidates for ministry, releasing 10 pastors from their calls of ministry, and recognizing the disaffiliation of a church plant.

Encourage the kids in your life to spread love and kindness with this engaging rhyming picture book.

The last season of the extraordinary biopic of Queen Elizabeth II and her family poignantly draws the curtain on her life and the life of Princess Diana.

For millennia, humans have been shaped by the Psalms. And before the Nazis banned him from publishing, German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer published this book on the Psalms.

A group of 14 volunteers from Almond Valley CRC in Ripon, Calif., caravanned 900 miles to a Navajo reservation in New Mexico to help a fellow CRC in need.

The Science Behind Your Salad shines a spotlight on the innovation, technology, and sustainability for healthy food made by BASF (a chemical company) in Agriculture.

This epic story of escape, capture, resistance, and love is based on true events of the uncommon heroes in World War II Poland.

Fall into reading, from a creative memoir by Charlie Peacock and his wife to a mesmerizing novel about Burma in World War II.

The evening sky was rapidly darkening as my family frantically huddled outside our broken-down van on the rocky shoulder of a busy mountain highway.

When she was quite young, our oldest daughter heard a mention of abortion during a newscast and asked me what the word meant.

Occasionally I cannot honestly sing all the words of a song. With “Amazing Grace,” for example, I would be lying if I sang “How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed.” I did not have a Damascus Road experience. What should I do when I cannot honestly sing some lines in church?

Multiple laments have been published about Synod 2024. For sure, its decisions were tough and the fallout tremendous.

Book examines how pastors of color lead the scarce but growing numbers of multiracial congregations in the United States

Renowned historian and bestselling author Kristin Kobes Du Mez explores the culture of submission and sexual abuse within some evangelical communities in this half-hour documentary.

Digging into these “unbelievable” stories can widen our spiritual imaginations and point to the promise of Christ’s new world.

In the aftermath of back-to-back hurricanes, faith-based disaster groups, including World Renew’s Disaster Relief Services, are on the scene while planning for a long, slow recovery