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Today I am thankful and have to give praise for time and the timeless and the shortness of days …

A little something for everyone to read this summer.

Adam’s original creation covenant mandate from God of subduing or having dominion over the earth was to do it for God’s glory, not man’s.

How many categories of members do we have in the CRC? What should councils do about members who disappear?

Hank the Cowdog (Matthew McConaughey) must venture into the “Unchanted Forest” in a hilarious family podcast adventure.

CRC missionary Wayne Ten Harmsel pulls back for Western readers the shroud of mystery surrounding Chinese registered churches.

In the late 1930s, wealthy landowner Edith Pretty hires amateur archeologist Basil Brown to investigate the mounds on her property in England.

A Chinese immigrant girl faces obstacles and racism in this novel for readers 8-12.

Here are the past eight movie reviews we’ve run in The Banner, plus a note from me about my rationale for assigning, writing, or accepting a pitch for the review.

Pastor and church planter Henry Karsten died April 26 in Visalia, Calif.

Volunteers from Christian Reformed congregations in Grand Rapids, Mich., participated in an effort to encourage residents in under-resourced neighborhoods to be vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19.

The Christian Reformed Church in Cuba, a denomination dating back to the 1950s, is struggling with economic changes and pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. Congregations of the CRCNA are lending support.

Pastor Willemina Zwart and Immanuel CRC in Simcoe, Ont., are welcoming eight young adults into a summer experience of Christian community with the South Coast Beach Project.

I was scared, and my fear overwhelmed me.

We couldn’t have guessed all the ways the pandemic would invade our “normal” and change how we do work, church, family, travel, and countless other things.

Niamazime Ferdinand’s father died when Ferdinand was 6 years old.

Josh Baldwin’s sophomore album delights and encourages listeners with country-infused pop extolling God’s goodness.

Switchfoot lead singer Jon Foreman examines his own faith in the wake of 2020 for his first solo album.

Witty and wise, with a deep love for people, Gary Veeneman died April 25.

Take a look at the clever and funny ways these animals stay cool in the summer.

When Christian girls spend their youth staying pure and doing good, they are rewarded with solid marriages and live happily ever after, right?

If these collective strengths that we pride ourselves on can solve our decline, wouldn’t they have solved it by now?

I’m not sure what I ought to be doing next. Why does deciding this feel so hard?