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Reuben VanGilst is using his talent in construction to rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

As Calvin’s graduating student engineers geared up for their annual Senior Projects Night, they put in a lot of hours in the colleg

For four years, Mike Johnson ran a successful Christian Reformed Home Missions Leadership Development Network (LDN) in Texas.

Along with ministry basics like theology, pastoral care, and preaching, students at Calvin Theological Seminary (CTS) are learning how to

At a dinner party, you ask a question, a simple question.

Health

Q Is there any merit in discontinuing handshakes in church to prevent infections?

Truth in Palestine

Your June 2008 article “CRC Leaders Visit Palestine” gives a glimpse of what is happening in the I

Something that has long puzzled me is the Christian Reformed Church’s relationship with its chaplains.

Rev. Ole was pastor of the local Norwegian Lutheran Church, and Pastor Sven was minister of the Swedish Covenant Church across the road.

Our family went camping every summer. It was fun, healthy, and cheap.

We played church. We even played wedding. I don’t think we ever played funeral. Should children attend the latter?

I GREW UP in the Christian Reformed Church and attended Christian schools that espoused a Reformed outlook.

How do you feel about squash?

I think it’s disgusting. It’s mushy, too orange, and it smells funny.

Discovering that a relative or friend or church member is involved in an affair shocks us.

A sex-saturated society. That phrase captures the cultural context in which we live today.

My bookshelves contain numerous volumes about contemplative life and spirituality—books on the desert fathers, on famous or obscure

The sniping sound-bites of left vs. right. The “I’m always right-You’re always wrong”

The ethnic advisers to Synod 2008: (back row, l-r): Rev.

Synod 2008 voted to give more time to the denomination’s Candidacy Committee to struggle with different routes to ministry in the C

Seattle, Wash., known as the “Emerald City” for its lush green surroundings, is also sometimes referred to as “The None

Over the past few years, thousands of refugees have settled in the area of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.

In some Muslim countries the penalty for converting to Christianity can be severe.

“I love my vocational mentor.” That sentiment expressed by one student was multiplied many times when the Calvin Theologica