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This Canaanite intuits that Jesus gives spiritual bread. She is not too proud to beg.

What do you think about “regifting”—giving someone else a gift that you had previously received yourself as a gift? 

On Thanksgiving, the Elgersma family from Community Church of Richmond Hill, Ont., helped to make a longstanding community dinner tradition ‘to-go’ for 2020. The outreach will now continue as a monthly meal-making event.

Global Coffee Break, a small group Bible study ministry, turned 50 in 2020 but the coronavirus pandemic put the celebration of that milestone on hold.

A bloody movie about a small town sheriff tries and fails to be like Fargo.

When sin is disguised as virtue, the path to cultivating righteousness becomes impossible. Such is the challenge Christians face in the modern age.

Tenth Avenue North records a spare album—their last—of stripped-down favorites from their catalog.

In an event-orientated approach, I focus on the quality of the event, not the agenda with all its timetables and often unrealistic expectations.

Seekers in China often run into a frustrating problem. Although they first see the Christian faith as intriguing, they often can’t find answers to the difficult questions they have.

“The Giver” author draws from her own memories as a child in Hawaii and Japan in this stunning work in verse for young readers.

A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States, informed by her tribal history and connection to the land.

Two 30-minute worship albums speak to us in times of sorrow, anxiety, and injustice.

지금은 박해받는 기독교인을 기억하고 존중하며 기도해야 할 때입니다.

Until I began navigating the challenges of communication with my son, I never thought of the ability to be heard as a privilege, a luxury available to some but not others.

I am touched when I see teenagers raising their hands in contemporary worship, singing at the top of their voices, with tears flowing down their cheeks.

Can someone who is divorced and remarried serve as an elder?

Esther Ahmad describes her youth in Pakistan, chronicling her escape from radical Islam and her conversion to Christianity

A funny and personable food travelogue show hosted by the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond.

A warm and funny memoir about a young woman battling a lifelong autoimmune disorder.

Baldwin (Wisc.) Christian Reformed Church increased its involvement in the annual Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift program this year by hosting a local workshop for other interested churches.

Pease (Minn.) Christian Reformed Church marked 125 years of ministry in 2020, choosing the theme “Building with Faith, Laboring with Love, and Inspiring with Hope.”

Harvey Stob, a missionary to Argentina and pastor to three U.S. Christian Reformed Churches, died Sept. 25.

It’s a time to remember, honor, and pray for persecuted Christians.