Films about dogs instantly tug at my heart strings. The love and loyalty of a pup is an encouragement through life’s uncertainties. Heart of the Beast, directed by David Ayer, struck a chord in me ...

Thanksgiving in Canada comes about six weeks before the same holiday in the U.S., and Thanksgiving at Tapestry Church in Richmond, B.C., comes even earlier as the congregation’s pastoral care ministry ...

For 14 years the Sewing Sisters of Lucas Christian Reformed Church in McBain, Mich., have been supplying Project Canefire and other ministries with upcycled dresses to distribute on mission trips.

Hoping to save a little money on a recent vacation to Niagara Falls, my husband and I parked a few kilometers away from the falls and walked to the main attraction. As we walked, the music of the ...

The Board of Governors of Redeemer University in Ancaster, Ont., announced the second term appointment of currently serving president David Zietsma on Sept. 25. “Serving as provost and vice president, ...

What is this about? I munched popcorn as The Sheep Detectives began. A voiceover made me wonder. But soon I was in. The Sheep Detectives is a winsome fairy tale-ish, morality play-ish. Overall, though ...

It is possible to celebrate marriage and singleness without lifting one up over the other. In 1977 James Dobson founded Focus on the Family to, as their mission statement says, “nurture and affirm the ...

After Synod 2023’s conversation about gravamina was cut short, Synod 2024 became responsible for providing clarity on when a gravamen should be used and how a church council should process it. The ...

Spiritual reconciliation to God also means social reconciliation to each other, including ethnic and racial reconciliation. As recently as May 2013, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association website ...

American women won the right to vote in 1920 with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. Women were winning the right to vote in Canada at roughly the same time. For many ...

If we do not respect those historical, cultural, and linguistic differences between us and Scripture, we are in danger of … distorting whatever insights we might get out of it. I vividly remember the ...

Every person’s journey toward healing is different. But church communities can have a significant impact on how the trauma from abuse affects a survivor. Each time Casey drove near the church, she ...