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The blaze of candles gives a warm, waxy taste to the lungful of air I just inhaled over the birthday cake on the table below me.

Never saw anything like it: two devout Muslims at the front of our church’s “sanctuary” facing Mecca and chanting their

Lynette Feenstra, kindergarten teacher at Hull (Iowa) Christian School and a member of First Christian Reformed Church of Hull, has a muc

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When the Shin Urayasu Reformed Church in the Tokyo area celebrated becoming a full-fledged congregation with its own elders and deacons,

Word has spread that Hope Christian Reformed Church in Grandville, Mich., is a great place for teens to spend Tuesday evenings.

“American culture,” writes Doris Lessing, “is enriched by having the whole range of Marilynne Robinson’s work.&rd

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After successfully planting a church in Guadalajara, the second largest city in Mexico, last summer, Ben and Amy Meyer got an inspiration

Big Fish Eat Little Fish is a disturbingly quirky 16th-century engraving by artist Peter Bruegel that shows exactly that—big fish e

Calvin Theological Seminary students, professors, and others visited sites in Turkey and Greece this year as part of the seminary’s

Several years ago, when Kory Plockmeyer was a graduate student at the University of Florida, he longed to be a part of an on-campus faith

Through my blog on the Back to God Ministries International’s Russian website, I can directly engage people in conversations about

With the coming of fall, many of us have set aside vacations, excursions to lakes and rivers, bicycle and camping trips, and all the othe

“I’m very happy because I and my children can now live in a safer house,” said Daw Thein Htay from Kwin Ma Gyi village

A village high up in Kenya’s fertile Rift Valley is ablaze with hope—thanks in part to peacemakers from Nigeria, the outreach

When Justin Kadyeni looks over Thomas Tembo’s field, he sees manure, rotting leaves, the decaying stumps of harvested soy bean plan

Sidewalk counselor Ruth Westra looks for distraught pregnant women outside an abortion clinic in Grand Rapids, Mich.

New Hope Christian Reformed Church in Lansing, Ill., is attracting people from its community with an offer of free dental services.

At the age of 65, the Rev. Raymond Slim is retiring, as he puts it, “in theory.”

When Benita Koeman found herself caring for three young children as her husband, Rev.

When Gloria Ranney lost both parents within four weeks of each other, she felt a void in the church for those who are grieving.

Rev. Daniel Kuiper recalls faculty meetings being interrupted by the sound of gunfire.