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The Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church held its first meeting October 11-13, 2017, in Grand Rapids, Mich.

The newly constituted Council of Delegates adopted a statement about recent tragic events, including hurricanes, mass shootings, earthquakes, wildfires, and refugee crises.

The Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church decided that the denomination will hold an Inspire event every two years, starting in 2019.

The Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church discussed the evolving relationship between the CRC and the Reformed Church in America (RCA),...

In the final weeks of my mom’s life, she made me a promise.

Thank you for publishing “The Emotional Lives of Men”.

We do not have many children in our church. Our volunteers are wondering if it is worth their time and the church’s resources to have a Sunday school class with only one or two children.

When, during my high school years, I went to a stage production of the musical Godspell, one song in particular struck a chord with me. “On the Willows” was a haunting tune based on Psalm 137:1-4.

In September of last year, prison chaplain Susan Cleveland donated a kidney to Buddi Subba, a former refugee from Nepal and a recently naturalized U.S. citizen, at a hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich.

The city of Toronto, Ont., is well known for hosting the famed Toronto International Film Festival.

As the American pilgrims approached Wartburg Castle, they let their imagination rewind five centuries to the night when Martin Luther was “kidnapped” by masked horsemen and hustled deep into the forest.

On September 30 and October 1, First Navajo Christian Reformed Church in Tohatchi, N.M., celebrated more than a century of ministry with a two-day celebration, concluded and climaxed at worship that Sunday with a sanctuary full of neighbors and old friends.

Twenty years ago, men gathered as “Promise Keepers” and filled the National Mall for a prayer rally seeking repentance and spiritual revival. On October 9, it was the women’s turn.

The original 1982 Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, is set in 2019, a time when Los Angeles is a dark, dreary, and rainy place.

Four years have passed since a young couple, Hector and Lilia, illegally crossed from Mexico into the United States.

How do you spend your day? Are you worried about “what ifs”? Do you compare yourself with others and always come up short?

Eleanor Davis is a comic artist who enjoys cycling. She challenged herself to ride a bike from her parents’ home in Tucson, Ariz., to her home in Georgia, a trip of 1,800 miles.

Novelist Kent Haruf passed away in November, 2014.

When 12-year-old Jessie and her family rent an old cottage for six weeks in a remote area, she finds a wooden platform—a dilapidated raft—floating on the nearby murky body of water ominously named Quicksand Pond.

Kristene DiMarco’s first record as part of Bethel Music, Where His Light Was, resounds with a hopeful message.

As the nation reels from the latest mass shooting, religious and secular leaders are offering prayers, and some are calling for stronger action on gun control in light of the deaths of dozens and wounding of hundreds in Las Vegas.

Ebenezer Christian Reformed Church in Berwyn, Ill., celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2017 with three events, culminating in a Saturday night gala last weekend.