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The four Kandel sisters—triplets and a younger sister who each retired from a teaching career—share comical, vulnerable, and spiritually astute insights into getting older.

The cultural and medical history of dementia by a leading psychiatrist and bioethicist who urges us to turn our focus from cure to care.

A retired assassin tries to make a fresh start as a pastor, even as the bullets continue to fly.

Peter Sluys lived a joyful life serving his Lord and Saviour. He died Nov. 8 in Edmonton, Alta., at the age of 92.

First Christian Reformed Church in Denver, Colo., hosted its annual Global Bazaar Dec. 7, sharing the “life-changing work” of the participating faith-based missions and fair trade cooperatives.

I have been drawn into conversations that are not casually shared, but vehemently debated. You can lose friends over this one.

What is your church’s brand? What do people in your community think about when they hear your church’s name mentioned? Not too long ago, our entire denomination and every individual congregation were known as the “Dutch church.” We have made great strides in shaking that image. But to no longer be known as something hardly qualifies as a strong brand.

See how readers responded to recent Banner issues, articles, and columns.

Reasons for busyness vary from family to family, but one reason is we don’t want to miss out on anything.

A vividly illustrated picture book teaches children about their refugee counterparts around the world.

Fiddles fly on this Irish-infused collection of Christmas music from the beloved Gettys.

A sad but sweet movie about a dog and his racecar driver owner.

About 400 ministry leaders attended “GC2: Facing Hard Truths and Challenges of Pastoral Ministry” at the Billy Graham Center in Wheaton, Ill., last Friday.

As a recognition of Peace Week in late November, the Sarnia-Lambton (Ont.) YMCA presented its Peace Medallion to Christian Reformed Church member Henny Drope, for 25 years of volunteer service in welcoming refugees.

At the “Safe Spaces” conference Nov. 16 the Safe Church Ministry partnership for the B.C. Christian Reformed churches welcomed author Jay Stringer to help ministry leaders and others face realities of sexual brokenness.

The church is a community of vulnerability. And God intends that to be our strength.

“Muslims are famously unlikely to convert. We knew from the beginning that it would be God’s Holy Spirit at work if we saw anyone at all follow Jesus.”

However one is involved in ministry, it is important to recognize these “not yet” moments and encourage each other along the journey. Here are two stories of hope within unresolved ministry.

Bill Renkema, missionary, church planter and pastor, died Oct. 28. He had an unwavering faith and said of what he wished he could still do, “I’d tell more people about Jesus.” 

Pastor, theologian and professor, Paul Szto, died Oct. 22 in New York City. He was 95.

The author of Radical takes readers on a soul-searching journey through impoverished villages in the Himalayan mountains.

An award-winning, harrowing novel about two orphans living in Newfoundland.

Jeremy Camp’s 12th studio album dazzles with electronic beats and stirring lyrics.