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Filled with setbacks, surprises, and stunning views, this warm and humorous story highlights the bonding power of a shared experience between a father and his daughter hiking in the mountains of St. Lucia.

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How can I tell if I am emotionally healthy?

Theologians have made amazing discoveries from Scripture that generously enrich our understanding. But we don’t have to buy all their teachings, because no respectable theologian ever fully agrees with any other.

In wars 80 years apart, two young women living on the same Appalachian estate determine to aid soldiers dear to them and fight for justice, no matter the cost.

Blanca returns with her third album, a blend of pop, Latin, hip-hop, and gospel music promoting God’s healing.

When Josey wonders why people are so different, Dad helps her understand that our differences aren't a mistake. In fact, we have many differences because God is creative!

A new survey of 1,000 U.S. Protestant pastors finds that half are concerned the economy is hurting their churches.

Seventy-seven years after his death in Europe during World War II, the family of Private First Class Donald Hofman, including his younger brother, former CRC general secretary Leonard Hofman, interred his remains in a military funeral.

Starting from a connection between friends and an affinity in Reformed theology, 38 Venezuelan churches are in the process of joining the Christian Reformed Church in North America via Classis California South.

Now that I am co-managing my own household with young kids, I wonder regularly, could my babysitter have been sincerely grateful for the atmosphere at my childhood home?

As Christians, how does one engage with, advance, and contribute to culture without isolating themselves from it?

Based on Miriam Toews' best-selling novel, All My Puny Sorrows unexpectedly infuses wry humor into this heart-wrenching story of two loving sisters: one a gifted pianist obsessed with ending her life, the other a struggling writer.

Katy Nichole offers authenticity and a message of healing in her debut EP.

It’s impressive when all these people actually agree on something!

Comparing these categories is like the proverbial apples and oranges comparison.

Some humorous reflections on my new role as a pastor’s husband.

If God is at work in our neighborhoods, perhaps we should be too.

A powerful imagined story about real-life civil rights activist and labor leader Dolores Huerta that reminds us that even our biggest heroes started out small.

These stories, some of which he told in his 1967 bestselling book God’s Smuggler, only scratch the surface of Andrew’s adventurous personality and the contributions he made to the church.

The appointed Dignity Team for the Christian Reformed Church in North America is now available, and regional groups of congregations are beginning to collect feedback on the proposed implementation of a denomination Code of Conduct.

Whether serving as pastor, missionary, church planter, or ministering in his retirement years, Ramon Borrego lived humbly and practiced hospitality. He died Aug. 31 at age 92.

Branson Parler examines six myths surrounding sexuality and calls us to be biblically rooted and culturally self-aware so that the stories of our (sex) lives faithfully embody the gospel.