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Steven Timmermans, executive director of the Christian Reformed Church in North America, resigned his post, effective Feb. 20, 2020. Colin Watson, current director of denominational ministries, has been appointed by the Council of Delegates as acting executive director.

Featuring monthly posts, this blog seeks to give our readers a behind-the-curtains peek into how things operate at The Banner. In this inaugural post, get to know our team!

What does it take to get published in The Banner? Why do we accept some articles and reject others?

Our church is praying, reading Scripture, and practicing other spiritual disciplines, historical and new, transforming our lives and communities for Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Amazon Studios’ historical adventure movie offers wonder, thrills, and vertigo.

Written by the host of the NPR Pop Culture Hour podcast, this effervescent debut novel charms and delights.

Sometimes we talk this way as if we’re discussing the weather. Sometimes we talk this way, and the emotional weight of our common mortality hits us.

What makes us think that God is portrayed differently in the Old Testament than in the New Testament?

Are we identifying ourselves more by our politics than by our faith?

Is the opposite of fake news “authentic news?” Does that mean if people authentically believe something to be true, it is?

Artist Ruth Goring uses beads, shells, stones, colored glass, and more to create collages and mosaics with explanations of biblical metaphors for God.

Album combines jazz, blues, folk, and 50s rock through intricate West African rhythms preserved on the Atlantic Sea Islands.

Meeting Jan. 18-25 for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, members of New Street Christian Reformed Church in Burlington, Ont., gathered with their growing group, Christians on a Journey.

Bethany Christian Services, a Michigan-based global nonprofit agency supporting children and families, has announced its intention to stop placing children through international adoption.

The conversation needs to shift from trying to convince each other to a pragmatic discussion of where we go from here.

• Seeing prayer as a relationship can feel especially freeing in challenging ministry contexts.

Arkansas worship artist offers rich lyrics, sleek electropop on six-song EP.

That’s what I told my son after he sat me down and told me he wants to become a woman. My son was baptized in the CRC. He attended Sunday school and youth groups and went on mission trips.

Have you ever driven yourself to your destination with no memory of the drive? Or perhaps you’ve discovered yourself lost in a daydream when you intended to be in prayer? Mindfulness can help you focus on the now.

Discipleship is about learning to love, follow, obey, and become more and more like Jesus.

A journalist and humanitarian takes readers around the world to learn the crucial skill of empathy from the world’s bravest souls.

A Caldecott Honor book celebrates family, community, and the unifying power of music.

An Austrian farmer faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.