When older folks get together, the conversation often drifts toward ailments, surgeries, and medications.
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With budgets facing ongoing strains, saving money isn’t a tough sell in most congregations these days.
When to Stop Being a Christian
One really good reason to forget about our faithREAD MOREI was about 12 years old. I woke up on a Sunday morning, trying to process a dream from the night before.
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Kudos
Seldom do I read The Banner and come away greatly blessed and encouraged, but with the March 2010 issue I certainly did.
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For more than half a century our denomination has maintained a close bond with the Christian Reformed Church in Cuba. As the Februar
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If I were an atheist (you’ll be pleased to know I am not), I would scan my fellow lumps of biomass and conclude, “Human life
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At the stove, waiting for the rice to boil.
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Welcome to a brand-new column. Sorry, we’re not going to dish out juicy “tell-alls” here.
Life-giving Death
Hospice care helps people say “good” goodbyesREAD MOREI knock on Mary’s door with no more than a name on a chart. My hospice badge prompts her husband to let me inside.
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June 17, 1929 – December 31, 2009
Rev.
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As movie buffs focus on the Academy Awards, discussions always turn to what makes a film “important.” Films of importance tak
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Rev. Marco Avila left his home in Paterson, N.J., earlier this year and drove several hundred miles.
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A committee of church music experts working to compile a new hymn collection knew that “Amazing Grace” would make the cut.
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Jimbo is a small fishing village of about 200 inhabitants, mostly Muslim, along the Indian Ocean in southern Kenya.
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How do you reach 1.3 billion people in China with the gospel? Through a strong media ministry and a vast network of volunteers.
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The night was dark, but the patio was filled with light as a Christian Reformed missionary met with people in a slum in Guadalajara, Mexi
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The dust has settled in Port-au-Prince. The earth is quiet; the shaking has stopped; the cries of the crushed and trapped are silent.
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The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood” (John 1:14, The Message).
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“The parsonage of our church was burned down, but no one was killed at the site. Our new pastor was supposed to move in tomorrow.
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Emily Ottenhoff, a member of Hope Christian Reformed Church in Oak Forest, Ill., was named an NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Associat
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Scott Brown, 50, who attends New England Chapel, a Christian Reformed Church in Franklin, Mass., won the Massachusetts senate seat left v
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Six members of Grace Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in Pella, Iowa, arrived in Haiti just in time to feel the earth move on Jan.
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The Jan.
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When the January 12 earthquake shook Haiti, it also shook Paul and Marisa Brinks, members of Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Holland