The darkest hour of Waiyee’s life came in March 2007, when she learned that her father had terminal colon cancer.
When I was 10 years old, I wanted a new bicycle. For a long time, I had had my eye on a Schwinn Corvette.
Several times a year Calvin College students, church members, business people, and others drag tires, soggy wood, and piles of garbage ou
The Board of Trustees of the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA) has formed a task force to study a range of environmen
Fertile soil, plentiful fuel, clean water—in the midst of such blessings it’s easy to overlook the crucial role our enviro
Historically, the church’s ministry of grounding new believers in the essentials of Christian faith has been known as catechesis
Long before the Christian Reformed Church had a Disability Concerns ministry, Willoughby CRC in Langley, British Columbia, was actively w
Three West Michigan high schools recently won state championship titles.
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Rev.
“Bring your chainsaw” was the word that went out to members of Terrace (B.C.) Christian Reformed Church after an autumn wi
In most churches, “multimedia” means projectors, amplifiers, PowerPoint, and websites, not paintings.
The Bananer, the much-storied lampoon of The Banner, turned 40 this past year.
Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers retired in November after 17 years in the U.S. House of Representatives.
An interagency skirmish over how to spend the $8 million sent by Christian Reformed churches for Haiti reveals just how complicated it
The bulk of the $12 million collected by the Christian Reformed Church for Haiti is bankrolling simple wood houses in five small commu
“In Haiti, it never ends,” one relief worker I met recently in Haiti told me. He was right.
An elderly man rushed into the doctor’s office and shouted, “Doctor! I think I’m shrinking!!”
Jews and Christians have long recognized the words recorded in both Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 as the heart of the Old Testament&rsqu
Yield to the King
Reconsidering the role of Sunday-morning worshipDirk, thanks so much for your good thoughts and gutsy gospel endeavor to plant a new church.
Surrender the Queen
Reconsidering the role of Sunday-morning worshipI am an exceptionally bad chess player. I’m told I rush too quickly to bring out the queen.
Your Kingdom Come
Living out God's love for diversityA group of animals gathers at a water hole: A lion drinks next to a zebra. An ostrich runs alongside a lioness.
Imagine that you’ve been invited to the home of new friends.
God gave you some pretty wonderful senses.
Mission
Q I’d like to give my time and money to organizations in my community.