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For Sue Kuipers, becoming chaplain of the Hayward (Calif.) police department was coming home.

Preview gatherings build momentum for 2012 launch of church plant in Corvallis, Oregon.

Another riot was beginning when Abdul, a 19-year-old man in Anglo-Jos, Nigeria, shouted a plea: "Friends, friends, please don

Midnight in Paris is Woody Allen’s love letter to t

Ten-year-old Enaiatollah Akbari and his mother fled from Afghanistan to Pakistan because of threats to sell the boy into slavery.

Ashes and Fire

Lording it over your children is neither good nor godly.

Adopting the Belhar as a confession would cause us to step over the line in areas of both freedom and constraint.

For nearly a decade, Covenant CRC in North Haledon has produced live nativity services for the community.

New Westminster community cancels Sinterklaas parade amid controversy over Black Peter.

Members of Bethany CRC in Muskegon take seriously the injunction to love their neighbors.

A partnership with a church in Katmandu brings inspiration to New Life CRC in Spring, Texas.

Alicia Looyenga runs Wooly Mama while mentoring an entrepreneur in West Africa.

Alberni Valley CRC celebrates an anniversary by buying farming implements for Sierra Leone.

The Banner is seeking a writer in western Michigan (Grandville-Hudsonville-Jenison area) and a writer in Arizona/New Mexico.

Bret Lott is an author and a Christian.

Fans need no introduction, but for the sake of the uninitiated, Tintin is the star of the classic Tintin comic book series, p

England declares war on Germany during World War I, and young Albert’s beloved horse, Joey, is sold into war service.

Billy Jago and his 12-year-old son, Charles, discover a flint stone carved by a magic man in ages past.

When Rev.

What I learned from an old man about the blessing of belonging.

First CRC of Vancouver takes its Christmas Candlelight service to the streets.

The annual Navajo Christmas dance is about sharing the good news of Jesus in the customs familiar to Native Americans.