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Marilynne Robinson’s nonfiction takes dead aim at the stories we Americans tell ourselves about ourselves and about our mother country.

The weathered and white-haired Christian Reformed elder says to my father, “This is the true church!” 

The Christian Reformed Church needs an official position on gun culture.

The Cleveland and Akron churches will always remember the ministry of  Rev. Emmitt A. Harrison.

On March 6, 1957, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was in Accra. 

With more than 2 billion users worldwide, what could possibly be wrong with Facebook, the free social media service invented to bring us closer to each other?

“Sermons a la carte” connects Christians from different traditions once a week throughout Lent.

Members of Trinity Christian Reformed Church in Grandville, Mich., and members of Rosedale Park Baptist Church in Detroit met, talked, and prayed together about race and faith.

In Waterloo, Ont., church members from multiple regions heard from public educators and discussed how to create safer communities.

This adult novel introduces readers to the dark underbelly of the global fashion industry, as well as to the lives of two men who are longing for grace and redemption.

The film version of A Wrinkle in Time suffers under the weight of its own computer-generated imagery and disregards the soul of Madeleine L’Engle’s groundbreaking story.

If I were to become a Christian, it would mean not only changing my religion but changing my whole identity. . . .

I didn’t see it coming, but in hindsight I’m amazed at the opportunities God provides. Let me explain.

Church in the ‘middle of everywhere’ adds new gymnasium to its welcoming spaces, offering basketball and children’s drop-in play to start.

This animated film tells the story of a courageous young girl in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

This novel for adults is filled with biblical allusions and covers vast physical and emotional territory.

It’s spring, and that means there’s a lot of building going on.

Having served more than 30 years as a pastor, missionary, chaplain, and counselor, Harry Van Dam, died on Feb. 4 at 86.

In this situation your instinct guided you, and I'm very glad you acted on it.

A red heart catches my eye.

Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to their classis, a regional grouping of churches.

Ben Glenn's presentations aim to help students learn more about themselves and be inspired by God's plan for their lives.