A fresh collection of 12 rootsy and melodic originals from Carolyn Arends, the Canadian artist often called “a songwriter's songwriter.â€
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Check out our reviews for the books, movies, and music to enjoy this month.
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Our sisters and brothers aren’t often dying because of what we have personally done, but because of what we continually leave undone.
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See how readers responded to recent Banner issues, articles, and columns.
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The electricity has to come from somewhere, and power plants emit carbon. Am I really being a better steward buying an electric vehicle than an efficient gas-powered vehicle?
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From welcoming examined candidates into ministry to taking action on requests to synod and other matters, here is the report of Christian Reformed classis meetings of the past several months.
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When BJ Magley, cofounder of Heroes Camp in Mishawaka, Ind., was looking for a partner in a mentoring program for girls, she approached Church of the Savior CRC in South Bend, Ind.
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With a website launched in September, a team of 15 Christian Reformed pastors, scholars, and leaders want to see the CRC uphold “the historic, beautiful, biblical understanding of human sexuality in doctrine, discipleship, and discipline.â€
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The debate over various women’s rights in the Christian Reformed Church has been ongoing for over a century.
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A powerful, poetic memoir about what it means to exist as an Indigenous woman in America, told in snapshots of the author’s encounters with gun violence.
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A weekly storytelling show for anyone who likes to ask questions and hear stories.
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Former first lady Michelle Obama had an idea. A big, inspiring, and exciting idea! She would grow the largest kitchen garden ever at the White House.
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There is something about our nature that hinders us from understanding.
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Partnerships are usually strengthened through annual visits, but COVID-19 travel restrictions put these visits on hold.
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Today is a daily devotional podcast that helps God's people refresh, refocus, and renew their faith through Bible reading, reflection, and prayer.
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A missionary and pastor, Bob Ruis was a Christ-focused and mission-focused man with a gift for languages. He died Sept. 30.
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We have a way of convincing ourselves that we deserve power, blessing, and a privileged identity because of our relationship with God.
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“a prism of leaves drift in cool air / whirling dervishes on their way downâ€
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My next-door neighbor and I are both moms in our 30s with kids close in age. I’ve tried to form a friendship with her, but she is not interested even in casually chatting. I am disappointed. What should I do?
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The Christian Reformed Church recognizes nine congregations across the U.S. as union, or dually affiliated, churches with the Reformed Church in America. Following the RCA’s General Synod in mid-October, some are contemplating their associations.
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Jim Gehrels, a member of Bethlehem Christian Reformed Church in Thunder Bay, Ont., who co-founded the well-drilling charity, Lifewater Canada, has received a posthumous meritorious service medal from the governor general of Canada.
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Brian D. McLaren proposes a four-stage model of faith development in which questions and doubt are not the enemy of faith but rather a portal to a more mature and fruitful kind of faith.
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King Arthur's headstrong nephew embarks on a daring quest to confront the Green Knight, a mysterious giant who appears at Camelot.