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Written by a former home care nurse and hospice chaplain, this debut novel brings an ambitious hospital executive back to her troubled home to care for her difficult father.

Veteran worship leader Meredith Andrews presents a live album of worship songs old and new performed at her alma mater.

A daughter of the Asian American church wrestles with faith, exile, and belonging.

The Council of Delegates of the CRC met May 6 to 8 in Grand Rapids, Mich., saying goodbye to those finishing their terms, appreciating retiring denominational leaders, and forwarding many items on to synod in June.

Mike Johnson, chair of the COD’s Resonate Global Mission Committee, introduced discussion of the proposed plan with a sense of incredulous gratitude: Last year at this time we were discussing cutting grants for church planting, and now we’re close to approving a full church-planting plan.

It began with nothing in particular. A man settled into his favorite chair one evening, tired from a long day, and reached for his phone the way he always did.

Lee Carter, a member of Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Lansing, Ill., and past executive VP of scriptural engagement at Bible League International, has been approved to lead the CRC’s Thrive ministry.

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Plunge into reading, from a book based on a true story about a missing lumber baron’s wife to a middle-grade novel about a Jewish family caught up in Hitler’s dog army.

With a celebration of immigrant congregations from over a dozen nationalities now worshiping under the Christian Reformed umbrella, churches in the Greater Los Angeles area marked the legacy of the CRC’s oldest institution, Calvin Theological Seminary.

‘The Lord is using ReFrame to get his word out far and wide.’

As an Indigenous man, I received my traditional name later in life, because of the disconnect from my own people due to being part of the “Sixties Scoop” generation

In this poignant picture book, little Midori discovers that every peach on her Japanese American family’s farm is a sweet reminder of those who’ve come before.

National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins crafts a contemporary chapter-book mystery about a 12-year-old Nepali girl who sets out to solve the disappearance of her Bengali friend’s missing jewelry.

The Banner has been without an editor-in-chief since June 2025. Interim editor Lora Copley is the Council of Delegates’ recommendation to synod for the long-term appointment.

Miranda Priestly struggles against Emily Charlton, her former assistant turned rival executive, as they compete for advertising revenue amid declining print media, while Miranda nears retirement.

Amanda Roozeboom, former commissioned pastor in the Christian Reformed Church, is the new executive director of youth and young adult-focused ThereforeGo Ministries.

Questions of identity are tough and disruptive. They not only guide our approach to today, but they affect our orientation to the future.

Apparently, in back-to-back Sunday sermons, I had left the authors of those two emails with the exact opposite impression.

What happens when fixed eyes are transformed (“fixed”) by Jesus so everything comes into focus?

My church was one of the Christian Reformed churches that stopped offering a formal catechism class for young people. It’s been at least 25 years.

“Peace in Sudan will not come through weapons or foreign interests, but through deliberate, inclusive and just peace processes rooted in the dignity of every Sudanese,” Catholic Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille said.