We as a Christian community benefit when silence is broken.

I see the discipline of Lenten fasting more as an opportunity to refocus our values, a regular reminder of our spiritual callings through giving up something we take for granted.

I set my bike on the ground and trotted over to the truck. Inside, a man was sitting upright behind the wheel, his head on his chest, his hands hanging limp in his lap. Something needed doing, but where to begin?

Have you ever wondered why most animals have tails? What are they for? Just what do tails do anyway?

Moral virtue is at once something that God produces in us and at the same time something we need to work at. Moral character, in other words, is a work in progress. 

Can there be a morality or theology to the structures and systems of language?

My church no longer reads the Ten Commandments in worship. Isn’t hearing the Commandments an important part of our faith formation?

Philosopher Bernard Williams coined the term “moral luck” to describe circumstances where moral praise or blame is granted to a person because of circumstances beyond their control.

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

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?

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

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.

By one account, thunder peeled in loud claps—then rain showers—but as soon as it appeared it peacefully went away, a rainbow appeared overhead, and this feeling of calm came over Carl.

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Jesus held his threefold office in perfect balance. We do not. In fact, we are prone to emphasize one of the offices at the expense of the other two. Each of us is lopsided. What’s worse, our lopsidedness does more than hinder our personal growth. It also causes us to discount other believers who do not share the same lopsidedness.

As our society dives deeper into a digital world, the church has an opportunity to directly address what is unseen.

물론, 우리가 왜 하는지, 무엇을 하는지도 중요하지만 어떻게 하는지 역시 하나님 앞에 중요합니다.