Historically, when members of the Christian Reformed Church moved to a new location, they built churches, then schools.

The heavy prison door slammed behind him. Suddenly the cold, clammy cell triggered feelings that frightened him.

Ask almost any Christian Reformed person what he or she knows about the Canons of Dort or the Belgic Confession, and you’ll probabl

It was an afternoon in the late 1970s, and I was attending a meeting of the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churche

On the next few pages you will find the annual presentation of candidates for ministry in the Christian Reformed Church.

If you’ve ever recited the Athanasian Creed in a worship service, please send me an email to tell me about it!

Faith can sometimes seem like the dirty little secret behind Christianity.

If you work with young people in the church, it’s almost guaranteed that someone will ask you for help or advice in reaching their

"Grace is deceitful and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised. Proverbs 31:30” (ASV).

Neal Plantinga once asked us to imagine a world in which theology was a cause for casual conversation, the way people might discuss the m

Every spring I get a call from Jeannette. I’ve never actually met her, but she phones me faithfully once a year.

Juan*, now 27, moved with his family to the United States from Mexico more than 13 years ago.

Many people make the honest mistake of referring to the most famous creed as the “Apostle’s Creed” (note the placement

Last April The Banner asked readers to tell us what your churches have been up to in caring for the environment—in keeping with God

When older folks get together, the conversation often drifts toward ailments, surgeries, and medications.

I was about 12 years old. I woke up on a Sunday morning, trying to process a dream from the night before.

Welcome to a brand-new column. Sorry, we’re not going to dish out juicy “tell-alls” here.

I knock on Mary’s door with no more than a name on a chart. My hospice badge prompts her husband to let me inside.

“I wish he’d get rid of all that junk!” my mom often said of my dad when I was growing up.

Beauty has increasingly become a stranger to many of us.

Have you ever listened to a broadcast of a NASA launch?

Which Disability is the most prevalent in North America: Down syndrome or spina bifida? Autism or cystic fibrosis? None of the above.

In a community as widespread and diverse as the Christian Reformed Church in North America, reading a survey about its members can be a l