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I, like most others, didn’t start attending AA meetings out of mere curiosity or boredom.  I was compelled by the damage caused by my drinking habits.

The Christian Reformed Church in Canada dedicates one Sunday every year to honor National Indigenous Peoples Day and to celebrate the denomination’s Indigenous Ministry.

Scholarly Discussions about Ernest Hemingway for the Average Listener

Trapped students must escape their high school which has become ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak.

Gifting and character: these are the two ingredients for successful leadership.

A roundup of books perfect for summer reading.

Breathe is a child’s journey through Ascension and Pentecost.

Based on true events, an attorney learns a lesson in empathy when he must determine how to compensate families who suffered losses as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

This book introduces seminary students, ministry leaders, and others to key aspects, prevailing mentalities, and some major figures of postcolonial theologies.

The best story that has ever happened to me is the one I almost never tell.

A pastor and servant-leader, Fred VanderBerg was kind, thoughtful and gentle with a unique sense of humor. He died May 3, at age 69.

Mission of Hope Africa has made connections with Christian Reformed congregations in Michigan to support planting congregations of the Christian Reformed Church of East Africa in Kenya.

Convening by video conferencing, with some technical voting hiccups, the Christian Reformed Church’s general assembly started off with worship and prayer.

Delegates to the Christian Reformed Church’s general assembly elected three ministers and one deacon delegate to be the officers serving Synod 2022.

“Initial investigation results show that approximately 50% of federal Indian boarding schools may have received support or involvement from religious institutions.”

Jesus shows us that the gospel is not only about spiritual transformation.

For the first time in English, the collected comments of Cyril of Alexandria (A.D. c.378-444) on four key New Testament epistles appear together in one volume.

Love & The Outcome release a faith-filled pop album on the one year anniversary of their home flooding.

The gold edge of his white robe brushed the ground as he slowly lit each candle.

Although orthodoxy and orthopraxy are both necessary, I think we have overemphasized  them at the expense of orthocardia.

As Reformed Christians we know that everything is being redeemed by God—even the giant, sometimes dark and sinister hole we call the internet.

A moving tribute to the little-known history behind the first Memorial Day, illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award-winner Floyd Cooper. 

The hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family over four generations.