No country in the world has gone as far as Canada in enabling people to die if they want to.

The help I once thought was readily and unreservedly available is not. And some of those I once thought were willing to provide whatever was necessary in order to preserve precious human life have proved not to be so willing.

When people grumble about The Banner, I fear they have forgotten to read it correctly.

Many of us live lives that feel exhaustingly fast paced, running constantly but never really feeling caught up. How might we deal with that?

After some serious reflection, I had a vulnerable chat with God.

Birds’ voices are as specialized as people’s voices.

In 1985, I was a typical 3-year-old boy living in Iowa. I played with toy trucks and tractors and didn’t like the word “nap.”

Especially toward guests, kèqì is an overwhelming, welcoming force.

Although I am resigning in protest, I am not bitter or angry. I am disappointed, of course, but I have gone through a discerning process.

Isolation has crept in slowly—first through busyness, then through screens, and now through habits we don’t even question. It’s not just sad—it’s spiritually dangerous.

Healing is not linear; neither is grief.

Much of the Christian Reformed Church’s mandate to The Banner, established in 2015, hasn’t changed, but here’s what has and what you can expect to read and not to read because of that.

Christianity isn’t American or Ghanaian or Chinese.

Assuming the driver had seen me, I pulled past the exit just as she drove onto the road, right into my path.

As popular as it is, few people seem to know or even care about the origin and authorship of the Serenity Prayer.

We were determined to find the ducks that were quacking in the middle of the forest. But that’s not what we found.

Power-over is coercive, controlling, and manipulative. Power-with is collaborative and authoritative.

We need not a new approach, but a return to the ordinary tools by which Christ has always formed his people.

As I write this article, I’m wearing the handmade friendship bracelet Maddi gave me. She made it herself. She even tied it on my wrist for me. It’s been with me ever since.

We must demand accountability for those who have been notified of abuse allegations, only to rationalize, cover up, and even deny them.

You make one decision for biblical reasons, but then you might run into some contradictions.

The purpose of church discipline is to restore to Christ those who are sinning.

Do we choose God or does God choose us? Admittedly, there are Bible passages to support both.