Jon Sweeney offers a beautifully illustrated, playful, gentle, meditation on the many spiritual truths and practices our feline companions provide if we but pause and pay attention.
Sit in the Sun and Other Lessons in the Spiritual Wisdom of Cats
By Jon M. SweeneyGod is weaving together the stories of a former missionary family, a pastor from Haiti, and local Christian Reformed churches into a tapestry that can welcome and empower new Haitian communities in North America.
Once a year, members of the 㽶Ƶ are asked to respond to the denomination's annual survey covering things from giving and diaconal work to prayer and spiritual disciplines.
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBrideFrom James McBride, author of the bestselling Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them
A family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a blackout. As the threat grows, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.
At the beginning of the semester, we were all hesitant to speak up, but by the end of the semester everyone was chiming in about what they did or didn’t like.
Each one, with its unique shape and color, played a vital role in the grand design we were creating.
I'm in a job that I never planned to be doing. I feel I should be thankful to have a job, but I'm not really sure how I feel about it or whether I should do anything about it.
Gracism
By David AndersonNow expanded and revised, David A. Anderson revives the biblical model for showing special grace to others on the basis of ethnicity, class, or social distinction—one of gracism.
Bible teacher, author, and speaker Amy Lively dives into Peter's first epistle to light the way for today's struggling Christian.
The Banner’s Mixed Media editor reviews her favorite Best Picture nominee while giving a brief preview of the Academy Awards on Sunday, March 10.
To be honest, I’ve always thought it was a bit of an odd tradition.
The Cambodian Fellowship in Holland, Mich., is a Christian Reformed congregation begun in the 1990s. Transferring leadership to the younger generation meant giving and receiving mentorship.
The Church Order Review Task Force recommends consistency for supervision of ministers serving in noncongregational settings and a continued single-track process for occasions of a pastor being released from service to a church.
A “faithful, honorable, and dependable man of God,” Dick Duifhuis died May 22, 2023. He was 86.
Launched Feb. 1, the Better Together Project, has funding from the Lilly Endowment and a three-year plan to “build unity and relationship” in missional cohorts.
Como denominación, nos hemos comprometido a "escuchar las voces de cada generación, moldeándonos juntos para el ministerio".
Learn about one woman’s experiences working with Cohort Central America, a program that brings together young adults from Latin America and North America to live in community, serve in a grassroots ministry, and engage in deep spiritual formation.
An accessible guide to solar eclipses: their science, history, mythology, folklore, and step-by-step suggestions for observing eclipses–especially the one on April 8–enjoyably and safely.
Canadian icon Bruce Cockburn, now in his 70s, releases a thoughtful album which seems subtly informed by Scripture.
I have faithfully supported a missionary all my adult life. With retirement around the corner, I’m not sure I can continue. Is there something I should do before my donations end?
Bavinck discusses the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches to preaching, then insists that they belong together in a balanced, biblical approach.
If loving God is obeying his commands (John 14:21), how were they to love their son without compromising their love for Jesus?
Is this defeat? A church razed after it was raised in joy and promise decades ago?