How sad when we get caught in the commercial busyness trap of Christmas (“Sooooo Busy!” December 2009).
On Sunday mornings the community of First Christian Reformed Church, Vancouver, gathers to worship the triune God, Creator and Redeemer o
An epiphany is a burglary in progress.
A generations-old New Year’s tradition has the De Moors reading Psalm 91 right after the clock has struck 12 and the hugs have gone
Canadian Christian Reformed Church members are being asked to contact their Members of Parliament to protest a recent government decision
Mexican fiesta fever recently hit Calgary, Alberta, for a good cause.
When two congregations in Tualatin, Ore., decided to share one building, they practiced good stewardship but found deepened fellowship as
The popular Green Bean Coffee House burned down Oct. 23.
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in September that Lamont (Mich.) Christian Reformed Church will keep its property, upholding a ruling
Students from Georgetown Christian Reformed Church in Hudsonville, Mich., biked for a reason on a rainy autumn Saturday. “I jo
Trinity Christian College celebrated its 50th birthday with 1,400 guests at a dinner at Navy Pier in Chicago.
Rosewood Christian Reformed Church in Bellflower, Calif., recently celebrated the congregation’s diversity with singing, dancing, p
The New Hope Bike Co-op in Hamilton, Ontario, serves its neighbors with wrenches, tire tubes, and bicycles.
Ironman triathlete Mike Pluimer teamed up with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee’s Embrace AIDS initiative to raise fun
Delhi, Calif., is a high-need community facing poverty and gangs, and the county doesn’t always have enough resources to care for t
Happy, joyful children and a sense of community. That’s what a church group found in Calcutta this summer.
The work of more than 1,200 artists was on display this fall in Grand Rapids, Mich., as part of a new public art competition known as Art
Two staff members, several volunteers, 100 people without homes, one barbecue grill, and lots of art supplies could add up to one big mes
Gordon Visser, a member of First Christian Reformed Church in Edmonton, Alberta, recently put 100,000 pounds of potatoes up for grabs to
Three thousand goats were distributed to 300 families in two villages of Kenya’s Rift Valley, thanks to the dream of some Vancouver
Peter Vander Meulen, Catherine Cooper, and Gary Mulder, representing the Christian Reformed Church’s Office of Social Justice, met
From Trinity CRC, Edmonton, Alberta, to Rev. Richard deLange of Aylmer (Ont.) CRC.
July 12, 1970 – July 15, 2009
After serving for 10 years as president of Calvin Theological Seminary, Rev. Cornelius Plantinga Jr.