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I used to resent reminders to pray. I took their reminders of prayer to mean they thought that I was somehow to blame.

Organizers believe that the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and a struggling economy have likely caused attendance to falter.

Bert Adema, executive director of Indigenous Christian Fellowship in Regina, Sask., received a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.

A former gas station turned community hub, The Garage seeks to be “a beacon of joy, hope, and recovery for our neighbors” near Terrace (B.C.) Christian Reformed Church.

A lost-in-life businessman finds God on the golf course

In the ultimate Christmas comfort read, author Davis Bunn returns to Miramar Bay for a moving story of second chances, Christmas blessings, and the beauty of nature.

A refreshing book yields lessons from Mary, Joseph, et al; and a pair of festive movies add spirit and shine to holiday watching.

This beautifully illustrated, poetic retelling of the Nativity story offers families a new and special way to celebrate Jesus’s birth.

In addition to the 20-minute chapels, students, faculty, and staff also engage in campus-wide Bible studies.

A hitman with a target on his back attempts a daring rescue.

Get some of our top picks for reading, watching, and listening in September 2022.

We should not let the issue of abortion blind us to the individual facing an unintended pregnancy decision.

My kids want to go to a youth group at another church with their friends. We don’t have time to be involved at this church and wonder if it is appropriate to hand our kids to another group.

Award-winning journalist and Calvin grad Katelyn Beaty explores the ways fame has reshaped the American church.

Marques Keith Brownlee posted his first video on Youtube in 2009 at age 14. Now he has millions of subscribers who tune in for his latest tech review.

A lyrical picture-book biography about a writer and master gardener who created beauty in a harsh island habitat that was visited by literary and artistic luminaries of her time.

Caledonia (Mich.) Christian Reformed Church has opened a baby pantry to help mothers facing financial hardships.

“When I first started coming to the camps, they thought I was an undercover cop. … When I kept coming, they thought I might be an undercover social worker. … When I took a couple people to church, they realized I was a pastor.”

Three Grand Rapids, Mich., Christian Reformed churches have been a big part of establishing and continuing their neighborhood’s Community Tree Lighting.

Thirteen of the 25 most-accessed online Banner stories in 2022 had to do with Synod 2022, which recommended the human sexuality report and declared that “unchastity” includes homosexual sex.

The ministries of the Christian Reformed Church in North America have several resources to help individuals and congregations in their cultivation of prayer and spiritual disciplines.

What does it look like to be a community that actively cultivates practices of prayer, Scripture reading, and other spiritual disciplines?

The project, by former America’s Got Talent winner, contains 10 gorgeous covers of songs originally by legendary singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell.