This page is not for the birds. It is for us. And about the birds.

Choosing a Church

I moved to a new state and community within the past year, so “Choosing a Church” (February 2007) w

LET ME ADD MY “AMEN” to Leonard Vander Zee’s article “What Happens at the Lord’s Supper?” (January 20

Did you hear about the Texas teacher who was helping one of her kindergarten students put on his cowboy boots?

I’VE GROUSED BEFORE ABOUT DUMB THINGS WE SAY AT FUNERALS:

When someone asks what I plan to give up for Lent, I often can’t help flashing a self-deprecating smile for the fleshly me, who kno

Culture

Q: What is a proper and respectful way to dispose of old Bibles that libraries an

I am picky when it comes to what we sing in church.

Word Pictures

Have you ever had butterflies in your stomach?

Communion Confusion

Since retiring in 1991 I’ve had opportunity to serve many Christian Reformed churches as interim pastor.

One dark night a New York cabbie picked up a passenger.

HERE’S HOW IT USED TO BE:

It is always intriguing for me to read the various notices in Christianity Today, First Things, and similar publications announ

My title betrays a typically North American way of thinking and talking. We want to know how something works.

Church

Q: In a previous Banner you said that anyone appointed by a consistory may lead a worship

Has it snowed at your home yet? If you live in the northern United States or in Canada, it probably has.

Alice Sluiter De Boer mows her own lawn, bakes pies, drives herself around her rural town, and attends weekly church activities.

These are the days of darkness in the Northern Hemisphere.

Grief for the Unborn

I was thrilled to finally see an article on the grief of miscarriage (“Losses of the Heart,”

My Spiritual mother, the Christian Reformed Church, turns 150 this year, and I anticipate the thankful celebration.

A pastor was having an awful time with his congregation and eventually decided to pack it in.

Scripture is infallible. my interpretation of it is not. Yours isn’t either.