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Did you know that our wonderful pastor is also a published author? His book, "A Journey of Repentance, Renewal, and Return: Lent, Day by...

1. We will make every effort to stay in touch with our congregation and community. a. Sunday services will be live-streamed over our...

Our most important duty at Clarkstown Reformed Church is to follow God’s will in all circumstances, even when we do not know where the...

In Crown Heights, Brooklyn this week, a mob of mostly teenage boys attacked a 15-year-old girl. They beat her, pushed her to the ground,...

In one of his memorable Peanuts comics, Charles Schulz shows Charlie Brown and Linus deep in conversation: "Do you ever think much about...

Ed Kelly is a brilliant lawyer and a charming man. We worked together as attorneys for the State University of New York and became fast...

In the late ’70s, Lee Strobel was a young investigative journalist writing for the Chicago Tribune. With degrees in both journalism and...

I first met Michael in a dreary room at the drug rehab center where he was in recovery; he was about 25, thin, and had a scraggly beard....

Karl Matter retired from the Marine Corps at the rank of colonel after a lifetime of service to his country. Karl saw action in Desert...

Terry spent 20 years living what many people would call a perfect life. Married to a man she loved, she had a great job and lived in a...

Babette’s Feast, the Oscar-winning film based on a story by Isak Dinesen, tells the story of Martine and Philippa, two elderly sisters...

On December 23, 1849, a small group of prisoners was taken from Peter and Paul Fortress, a maximum security prison in St. Petersburg...

On April 3, 1968 a young black minister took the pulpit at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee urging his congregation, in an inspiring...

Moonsturckis the story of Loretta and Ronnie, two star-crossed Italian lovers, and their complex families. Married to a philandering...

InMetamorphosis, the Roman poet Ovid recounts the legend of Pygmalion, a sculptor who created an ivory statue of a beautiful woman. HIs...

Cornelia ten Boom inherited her father Casper’s passion for watchmaking: she was the first woman licensed as a watchmaker in the...

There is a Taoist story about a farmer who worked hard on the land for many years: he had one son to help him and one horse to pull his...

Back in 1997, Rosaria Champagne would have described herself as a Marxist, feminist, postmodernist, materialist. A tenured professor at...

Back in 1974 when she was a presence but not yet a powerhouse on the world stage, Mother Teresa spoke to a gathering at St. Olaf’s Church...

I recently lead a discussion group for residents at a drug rehab facility. Eight young people dressed in dungarees and sweats, wearing...