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In England during the 1950s, teens Janie and Benjamin must use ancient natural recipes in order to concoct brews that will help them s

One of the best gifts I received this past year was Josh Garrels’s free album Love & W

As full-bodied imagebearers of God, our center of gravity is located as much in our bodies as in our minds.

Transitions can be especially strategic and noteworthy occasions.

My grandparents were immigrants who arrived with little more than the clothes on their backs, but their poverty and godliness propelle

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

Youth leaders put photos of teens in the pockets of Advent calendars.

Maranatha CRC in Cambridge hosts local Glee team, raising nearly $2,000 for the local food bank.

An interview with Christian Reformed World Relief Committee co-directors as it celebrates its 50th birthday in 2012.

Flags, food, and native dress remind Harvest Community CRC to pray for Christians who suffer for their faith.

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.