If I’m busy preparing for the worst, I forfeit the present and the possibilities within it.
Early on in ministry I came out to my church as gay and committed to celibacy.
You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out!: Life Lessons from the Movie A Christmas Story
By Quentin SchultzeTwenty life lessons from the holiday classic A Christmas Story.
A retired professor gets a new lease on life when a private investigator hires him to go undercover inside a San Francisco retirement home.
알래스카 앵커리지에서 1994년부터 한인 커뮤니티에서 사역해 온 알라스카 한인장로교회.
In Memoriam: Rev. Arthur Schoonveld
1936-2024Adventurous and service-oriented, Art Schoonveld was a pastor who looked out for others and stood up for what he believed. He died Nov. 16 at age 88.
In Memoriam: Rev. Hans Uittenbosch
1932-2024Hans Uittenbosch was a master storyteller with a generous laugh. Pioneer of ministry to seafarers, he was a lifelong evangelist. He died Nov. 23 at age 92.
Resonate Global Mission, the missionary agency of the CRCNA, is among eight Christian organizations funding an independent investigation into allegations of abuse at Hillcrest School in Jos, Nigeria.
It’s Friday night at Casa Adobe, a ministry house in Costa Rica, and the loudest chess club ever is meeting.
We Are One
By Jackie Azua Kramer; illustrated by Raissa Figueroa and Nina MataFrom an award-winning trio, this celebration of community, friendship, and the natural world features poetic, lyrical text paired with a vibrant visual tale of two characters.
A New Heaven and a New Earth
By Various ArtistsVarious artists, such as Jason Gray and Phil Joel, highlight the Christian need to practice creation care.
After encountering these stories, you might have closed your Bible and shaken your head, wondering why in the world God would put these stories in inspired Scripture.
I think this drive to understand could be one of the attributes of being created in the image of God.
Synod news; columns from Cross Examination, Big Questions, and Faith Matters; four features; and an As I Was Saying blog post were among the most-accessed articles on thebanner.org this year.
Seven congregations from the Christian Reformed Church’s Classis Red Mesa make up the latest iteration of the Center for Church Renewal’s New Horizons project.
The Scripture readings at the end of the liturgical year are the biblical equivalent of dystopian science fiction.
The Deliverer Has Come: A Christmas Story
By Sarah Shin. Illustrated by Shin MaengTold from the perspective of a young girl living during the time of Jesus’ birth, this uniquely illustrated nativity story helps young readers understand the “what” and embrace the “why” of Christmas.
A New York mobster builds a new life in the heartland
The King’s University in Edmonton, Alberta credits Emmanuel Christian Reformed Church in Calgary for making possible an altered physical geography class field trip.
The launch of the digital Forum will make many of these resources more readily available and accessible.
God's Little Astronomer
By Tina Cho. Illustrated by Marta Alvarez MiguensBlast off to space and discover how every part of the universe—the planets, the stars, asteroids, meteoroids, and more—display God’s glory, creativity, and, most important, his love for you and me!
Every Kind of Uh-Oh
By Charlie PeacockVeteran artist and producer Charlie Peacock releases an evocative and honest album.
In the small office I manage, I want employees to settle on certain computer apps to do their work (in this case, the messaging app Slack), but some are resisting. Should I lay down the law and require it?
What does A Charlie Brown Christmas have to teach us about Advent?