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Minnesota-based worship band leads listeners in a grace-filled hour of music.

True stories of rescues, miracles, angels, and answered prayers from a First Responder.

An anthology of essays by Black female authors, read by the founder of the Well Read Black Girl book club and festival.

Several Christian Reformed congregations in Canada, seeking to deepen understanding and relationship with the Holy Spirit, have found help from Dunamis Fellowship Canada.

In the past, The Banner used to have an entire page of reader-submitted jokes.

I am left with a feeling of great discomfort when I think of the awkwardness of that moment, his inability to read my cues, my inability to tell him no.

Things were a little different this year.

A streaming anthology of winsome short stories based on essays in the New York Times Modern Love column.

The modern classic Veggie Tales movie, now streaming, features three lowly cabin boys who time-travel in a swashbuckling adventure.

A poignant children’s book story of Blind Willie Johnson—whose song “Dark Was the Night” was included on the Voyager I space probe’s Golden Record.

When Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., installed new office bearers in June, a woman who is in a same-sex marriage was among the candidates for deacon.

Some of my Christian friends give large sums of money to political candidates and causes.

As a member of the LGBT+ community, I am no stranger to division within the world and within the church.

We believe there are biblical principles that point us toward a hopeful vision of Christian civic engagement.

A New York Times bestseller by the founder of the IF: Gathering teaches readers to “spiral up” with their toxic thoughts.

The Welsh Prog Rock masters return with an adventurous concept album about the lives and travails of six classic horror movie stars from the 1950s and 1960s.

Everything seems so clear now.

On Sunday, Aug. 16, a worship team made up of members from Willoughby Christian Reformed Church in Langley, B.C., and Gateway and Living Hope CRCs in Abbotsford, B.C. shared in worship from the peak of Vedder mountain in B.C.’s Fraser Valley.

John Tong co-founded the Chinese Christian Reformed Church in Monterey Park, Calif., and served there for 25 years. Known for his love and care for the lonely, forsaken, and outcast, Tong died June 20.

Comedian and TV host Trevor Noah reads his engaging memoir about growing up in racially divided South Africa.