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“Pastor Pete,” who served as a workplace chaplain for nearly 20 years after 28 years of congregational ministry, died April 13. He was 76.

Given our identity as a Lake Family (and Not a Camping Family), it goes without saying that to be a child in the Hoff Family is to be a Lake Kid.

This middle-grade novel follows an Asian American boy fighting to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.

One hundred contestants in top physical shape compete in a series of grueling challenges to claim the honor—and cash reward—as the last one standing.

A faith-based time slip novel of suspense, romance, and intrigue.

A regional organizer with the Christian Reformed Church’s Climate Witness Project shares stories of neighborhood transformation through community collaboration.

In Goshen, N.Y., community members without insurance can find health care services by going to an unlikely place: church.

As United Methodist bishops from around the world meet this week in Chicago, they anticipate ‘reconfigured boundaries, reformed agencies, and a revised work plan to achieve our mission.’

What is the intersection between mental health and faith?

There is no official program, and until recently most in the church did not know he was doing it.

In the May print issue, we published an ad for the group Better Together: A Third Way, which drew some reactions and criticisms. I would like to respond to those concerns.

A new edition of 1895’s Lilith by George MacDonald, the grandfather of modern fantasy fiction.

Suddenly a young woman ran in front of my car and started beating on the hood. She ran to the passenger door, screaming, “Let me in! Let me in!”

Pritchard asked God if she could be an agent of reconciliation between Africans and African Americans.

We know from Scripture that Christians are commanded to forgive. But is it always required, even in situations of abuse or violence?

Not only do flowers look pretty, but as with everything in God’s creation they were made with purpose.

Children ages 4-7 will discover that the biggest, best light is God’s love and that walking in it protects them from sin’s harmful shadows.

Four unusual friends—a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse—share truths about life as they search for a home. However, the boy learns that home is not always a fixed place.

Bible teacher Beth Moore details her life, from her childhood in the South to her parting of the ways with her lifelong denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention.

As a delegate to Synod 2023, I go with fear and trembling because of how I’ve heard many people talk about the delegates from synod last year.

On March 21, one month before fire would briefly disrupt demolition on the site of the former Maranatha Christian Reformed Church in St. Catharines, Ont., about 80 community members gathered to recognize the church’s legacy.

A Colorado church spends one Sunday a month with a discipleship focus, leading its congregants in different practices to deepen their faith.

A Florida judge has dismissed a lawsuit originally brought by more than 100 United Methodist churches wishing to immediately disaffiliate from the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church.