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The Banner’s Mixed Media editor highlights her Top 2021 reads for spiritual flourishing.

Her face is written with pain and uncertainty as the doctor brings more pills.

There are some important guiding Reformed principles that could lead us to more convergence.

That would contradict the other ideas and practices of Jesus and the first Christians.

With help from a grant from its classis, Cascade Fellowship in Grand Rapids, Mich., arranged a gospel-focused light display this December.

Songwriter and storyteller Mark Lowry co-wrote “Mary Did You Know?” in 1991. He says the song's success is a miracle.

Captivating retelling of the nativity story for kids 8-12.

America Media presents “Hark!” a podcast on the meaning and the making of our most beloved Christmas carols and their time-honored traditions.

Award-winning novelist offers an imagined narrative of the Christmas story.

The Christian Reformed Church has wrestled with divorce as a theological issue and a social reality through most of its existence.

Long Beach (Calif.) Christian Reformed Church and four neighboring congregations of other denominations stage a yearly “living portrait” Nativity pageant that welcomes more than 1,000 guests each night.

Crosstowne Church, an emerging Christian Reformed congregation in Milton, Ont., welcomed children and families to explore crafts and traditions from around the world in a series of drop-in programs each Sunday in Advent.

The Sheboygan Christian–Sheboygan Lutheran high school boys soccer team won the 2021 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division IV state championship in November.

For every answered prayer, there’s still a “not yet” story.

One of the obvious problems with the death penalty is that you can’t bring someone back from the dead when you get it wrong.

Nasreddine is a legendary character popular in stories told throughout the Middle East. Accompanied by stunning artwork, this tale offers a gentle reminder to readers that it isn't always necessary to listen to the world's criticisms.

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Chris Renzema has released his third full-length album.

This most likely means that my whiteness gave me the disease, but my blackness has kept it in check.

When I tell people I work with people who have Down syndrome, they often make comments about the patience I must have. I have grown tired of those comments.

Microchurches find their purpose and identity in being God’s sent ones.

Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to their classis, a regional group of churches. In this latest report, classes welcomed candidates into ministry, approved commissioned pastors, sent communications to synod, and more.

Find things to listen to, watch, and read this Christmas.

The arrival of a charismatic priest brings miracles, mysteries and renewed religious fervor to a dying town.