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A reflection on the musical genius of The Band’s Robbie Robertson by a CRC member from Robertson’s Mohawk home community.

In my 95 years of attending Christian Reformed churches, I have almost never heard a CRC pastor include an invitation to commit to Jesus or offer any follow-up for those who might be seeking. Why?

See some of our top picks for reading and watching for September 2023.

The new Zelda video game is a world of wonder.

So, if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Being welcoming means regularly asking the question: If I’m speaking to someone who has never read the Bible or been to church, would they understand what I’m saying?

A South Asian reimagining of the classic The Secret Garden.

Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, this biopic thrusts audiences into the paradox of an enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it. 

Women without children—by choice or chance—who have felt frustrated or voiceless in the church will find solidarity and inspiration in the pages of Unexpected Abundance.

A quiet man who loved the Lord and his family, Berny Dykstra died May 17. He was 80 years old.

A humble, passionate, streetwise pastor dedicated to his community congregation, local school, and the Belknap neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Mich., Jerome Burton died July 6. He was 66.

Grace Valley Christian Reformed Church in Germany Valley, Ill., started carting around fresh veggies to share with the community in 2020. They’ve kept and expanded the practice this year.

Three Christian Reformed congregations in Sheldon, Iowa, met for a joint worship service Aug. 20, blessing students and teachers of Sheldon Christian School before they head back to class.

I looked at it as an opportunity to assess what needs were being met and to ask, were we providing an important experience for our congregation and neighborhood?

지혜 뒤에 놓인 가장 근본은 배움에 대한 지향성입니다.

World Renew has been working to give practical tools to North Americans for mobilizing communities to stop injustice.

A sensitive and penetrating reflection on coming of age in a Dutch immigrant family scarred by violence.

In Psalms: The Poetry of Prayer, Caroline Cobb gives voice to a rich range of prayers from the Psalms, helping you express trust, hope, joy, confession, lament and more through 11 tracks.

Stanley Jim, a Minister of the Word in the Christian Reformed Church since 1996, has led and helped develop Native American ministry leadership for decades. He plans to retire Sept 1.

Brian Houston, co-founder of the now global Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia, had been charged with concealing a serious indictable offense of another person.

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Now the pandemic has eased. It seems timely to reflect on the proper place of online worship in the life of the church. How should God’s people employ this technology?

What enduring loves have held the CRC together more often than not over the past century and a half?