From participating in the Lord’s Supper every week, to making the sharing of the sacrament less frequent, to holding off on the practice altogether until in-person fellowship resumes, a few British Columbia churches told The Banner of their pandemic-related adjustments in worship.
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A perfect suburban mom’s life is upended when a mysterious mother and daughter become entangled in her affairs.
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While remaining at home, residents of the Raybrook campus of Holland Home in Grand Rapids, Mich., joined together in a lawn-and-balcony, socially distanced worship service May 21.
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The Banner is the official magazine of the Christian Reformed Church in North America, but it is neither the CRC’s megaphone nor its independent critic.
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The Iowa communities of Orange City and Sioux Center presented a joint service of remembrance this Memorial Day. Pastors Cory Van Sloten and Jordan Helming, both serving military chaplains, participated.
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When we reflect on our life stories, it often becomes clear that God had a bigger plan in mind.
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This type of community is central to creating new relationships and thriving in a new country. Like most immigrants today, those in the CRC’s history could not make the transition alone.
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John Witvliet, director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, and others comment on studies showing a possible link to a higher rate of coronavirus spread when singing in groups.
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Worship leader Cody Carnes offers a soaring, emotional new praise album.
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A novel explores the lives of the five widows of Operation Auca.
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Abraham Kuiper warned that “if social developments continue to follow the present course, life on earth will become less and less a heaven and more and more a hell.”
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We cannot lump all LGBTQ+ people into one category—just like we cannot lump all straight people into one category.
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A coincidence? I’m thinking not. I’m going to guess an algorithm got yesterday’s story almost right, but not quite.
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The true story of how a ride on a carousel made a powerful Civil Rights statement
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A beautiful publicist and a handsome rock climber start a coffee company together in this clean romance from RITA award-winning author Carla Laureano.
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The Queen of England has been kidnapped, and only Sherlock Holmes can find her.
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A new articulation of “Reformed Christian commitment” for trustees, administrators, and faculty of Calvin University, in Grand Rapids, Mich., looks for demonstration of Reformed beliefs, not necessarily membership in a Christian Reformed or CRC-affiliated church.
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The Christian Reformed Church’s international development ministry is remembering John DeHaan, director of then-Christian Reformed World Relief Committee from 1978 to 1998. He died May 7.
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When contagion emptied the cathedral, people painted Mary and Jesus huddled in alcoves and on the walls of streets hardly more than alleys. Prayer continued there.
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Community initiatives from Christian Reformed churches across Canada are getting a $40,000 boost thanks to local ministry grants from World Renew and Diaconal Ministries Canada.
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Christian evangelist and apologist Ravi Zacharias, founder of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, died May 19.
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The goal is to provide easy-to-watch, concentrated reflections on how to do some of the most basic—but also some of the most important—parts of preaching better.
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A gorgeously written tour of the four seasons and God’s presence in every moment.
