It is tempting for a long-married couple to think of sexual (romantic) intimacy in isolation from the rest of the relationship.
From delivering Canadian Aboriginal Ministry Committee curriculum to sponsoring walks and crafting their own discussion groups, churches across Canada are approaching the work of reconciliation with Indigenous neighbors.
A historical novel about Hitler’s assault on the Jews and its repercussions, The Trick also reveals the deep human longing for love, forgiveness, hope, and a place to belong.
Season 5 of the StartUp podcast puts a new twist on the format. Rather than following a startup business, this season follows a startup church—a new church plant.
Christian Reformed Church of St. Joseph, Mich., has celebrated National Night Out—recognizing the service of first responders—with cookouts and thank-you gifts since 2011.
Vacation Bible school is a summer staple for many churches and children. But what might VBS for parents look like? Hyung-Jun Kim wondered about that after noticing that parents would drop their children off and just hang around waiting to pick them up.
Here, I talk to my friends, and in their addictions, I see my own. In their mental battles, mine. In their broken relationships, their endless struggles, their long, slow, slog, mine.
Los límites a las libertades religiosas son una realidad creciente incluso en América del Norte.
The new international “supergroup” is made up of players who have successful histories in other bands.
This picture book is a sweet and timely read with children.
Banner readers who are in relationship with Muslims who are inquisitive about Jesus will find in Stranger No More a valuable resource.
The next time you reach for a salt shaker, remember that as a follower of Jesus, you are the salt of the earth.
Retired Christian Reformed pastor Henry Wildeboer once lamented, “I love the Lord and I love his church. So it grieves me to learn that the Christian Reformed Church declined in membership.
Reader Stephanie Brouwer shares her review of Kristin Sterk’s page-turning memoir.
This fresh, raw movie is an urgent call to care for children—in our families, in our schools or churches, and anywhere else. A call to show them love wherever we can.
The Safe Church Ministry “SOS Share our Stories” webpage aims to make room in the Christian Reformed Church for the telling and hearing of painful stories.
Two middle school SERVE sites were among the 25 mission trip opportunities offered by Youth Unlimited this summer.
Kaitlyn Rauwerda, 18, a member of Ancaster (Ont.) Christian Reformed Church and four-time national cycling champion, will represent Team Canada in Aigle, Switzerland, August 15 to 19.
An unprecedented number of Christian Reformed churches will mark the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church this year, just two years after synod encouraged churches to mark this day.
The debut album from worship collective Here Be Lions celebrates the holiness and power of God.
Inspired is an invitation to pick up the Bible again and hear God tenderly say, “Let me tell you a story.”
How can we be intentional in teaching our children to serve rather than to be served, to look outward instead of inward, to give rather than to consume?
He wrote, “While the church is shrinking in North America, globally the church is growing.”
Divorce rocked my world when my spouse left me. Now, as my 30s draw to a close, I’m alone and a single parent—certainly not by choice