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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.

A documentary confronting the epidemic of online pornography addiction...

ill* was an intelligent man who worked as a software developer for a large restaurant chain while living at his parents’ home in Beamsville, Ont.

Mental illness does not wear any bandages. There are no slings or crutches.

When new people come to my church, I am nervous their presence will change what I like about my church. Any advice?

A few years ago my wife and I took a five-week road trip.

Lord, are you the one? Who summons a friend when darkness descends and hope is lost, and we need someone to talk to?

OOn September 19, Rev. Esteban Lugo, former director of the Christian Reformed Church’s Office of Race Relations, was released from the ministry in the status of one deposed by Classis Grand Rapids South.

Darlene Zschech wrote a beautiful hymn some 20 years ago called “The Potter’s Hand” that is still sung in congregations today.

We’re looking for funny church signs and bulletin bloopers.

Mirah (name changed) was born into a Christian family.

It’s not hard to see that the loss of engaged young adults in local churches is a worrying trend

Tran and one of his brothers came to Canada in 1985, leaving a Hong Kong refugee camp

Once a month on a Sunday afternoon, Elmhust (Ill.) Christian Reformed Church welcomes a growing group of women to its Single Mothers Support Group.

Pastor Max Lucado offers practical, godly advice on anxiety in his latest book, Anxious for Nothing.

Alisa Turner is one of a seemingly endless stream of worship leaders and songwriters from Nashville who are turning out new music to encourage the church and help us worship.

Living in the shadow of her older sister,

Aventurine is bored with the family caverns, tired of learning, and ready to try her wings in the outside world.

This October marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.