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The 20th-anniversary redux of a modern Christmas classic—Americana folk songs telling of the birth of Christ.

A graphic adolescent novel by the author of Wonder tells a story of a grandma who was once a girl in the Holocaust.  

People are willing to die for their faith in God. People are not willing to die for their faith in Santa Claus.

Not everyone celebrates Christmas the same way we do here in North America.

The Christmas season often becomes the inverse of Advent. Rather than being a season marked by anticipation, wonder, and joy, it becomes an end-of-year blowout marked by consumerism, busyness, and sentimentality.

Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to their classis, a regional group of churches. Here is the report of classis meetings of the past few months.

Told from the perspectives of a dog and a boy, this touching, short novel for children celebrates the profound bond that can exist between people and their pets.

The redemptive story of a teenage burn victim who grows up to become a reconstructive surgeon.

A stirring if safe biopic about the heroic slave-turned-abolitionist.

Christian Reformed Church executive director Steven Timmermans joined other denominational leaders and pastors in signing the Evangelical Immigration Table’s call for immigration reform promoting restitution, not mass deportation nor amnesty.

Hoping to expand the kingdom of God by equipping workers, Classis Heartland of the Christian Reformed Church is launching a residency program to help churches grow outward-focused mission workers.

A growing number of congregations are investing time, energy, and resources into church renewal. The Banner shares experiences from churches in Alberta, Washington, and Michigan.

The measures churches have implemented to protect people are largely reactionary, not preventative. How do you hedge against a sin that originates in the human heart?

When we run out of words for prayer, this beautiful prayer book offers us language and depth.

A streaming documentary profiles eight undocumented families affected by deportation.

Kids 8-12 can grow in their faith through meditating on 5-word verses.

Jacob Kuntz, who had a pastoral heart for people on the edge, served many Christian Reformed congregations in Ontario. He died Nov. 3 at 93.

From a long-running weekly Bible study to support with yard work, Christian Reformed congregations in Holland, Mich., are partnering with the work of Brothers & Sisters Homes, residences for men and women with intellectual disabilities.

How The Hiding Place continues to give fresh courage to one reader.

At the risk of insulting the intelligence of his student, Solomon calls him a “sluggard” and tells him to go learn how to live wisely from an insect.

The opportunities and open doors to reach out to those who are “least” are without limit.

Experts can usually tell when something has been manipulated, but what about the rest of us?

Congregation members of Naschitti (N.M.) Christian Reformed Church were prevented from using their building after an arson event in August. On Nov. 17, they returned to the sanctuary.