According to a radio report, a middle school in Oregon was faced with a unique problem.
I was walking past the youth room in a church I used to attend when I overheard the following: “Why do we have to study the Heidelb
The journey of grief is arduous. It is exhausting, seems never-ending, and is filled with anguish and suffering.
What are your favorite signs of spring? Robins? Crocuses?
Lavish Frugality
The secret to an abundant life“I wish he’d get rid of all that junk!” my mom often said of my dad when I was growing up.
Our Need for Beauty
How it connects us to God and each otherBeauty has increasingly become a stranger to many of us.
Church
Q. Our pastor has been here well over a decade.
Got Religion?
It’s articles such as “Got Religion?” (January 2010) that ease my own discomfort with no longer b
When synod encouraged Christian Reformed churches to study the Belhar Confession—in view of the CRC’s potential adoption of i
have a friend with whom I hesitate to be seen.
What have you done for the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee lately?
Synod 2008
Thanks for the thorough and balanced coverage of synod. What a rich denomination we are part of!
We wish we’d had enough room to run the full versions (below) of these two letters in the February 2010 print Banner.
As the wives and children of two Christian Reformed missionary families arrived in the U.S.
Send Us Your Photos!
Now that John Calvin’s 2009 whirlwind world tour is over, The Banner is pleased to inaugurate a brand-
Have you ever listened to a broadcast of a NASA launch?
Which Disability is the most prevalent in North America: Down syndrome or spina bifida? Autism or cystic fibrosis? None of the above.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
In a community as widespread and diverse as the Christian Reformed Church in North America, reading a survey about its members can be a l
Did you know that the earth is a “closed system”?
Be Perfect?
Does God really expect perfection from Us?Are you a perfectionist? Is your boss one? Perhaps you have a perfectionist parent or sibling?
How (Not) to Talk About God
What one church learned by practicing “Pub Theology”Every once in a while, it’s good to ask yourself, “When was the last time I had a real conversation with someone who doesn&rs
Church
Q If elders and pastors no longer regularly visit congregation members in their ho
Epiphanies
I found the visual graphic of the fist on page 7 of the January 2010 Banner both startling and unsettling.