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Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award-winner Ruth Behar’s epic novel tells the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their countries and start a new life.

Singer-songwriter Ellie Holcomb offers a gentle, stirring EP of songs based on the Psalms

Wonder who makes up the team putting together the news, features, media reviews, and ads that make up The Banner in print and online each month?

As I turn over the earth, mostly I relish the exercise, the rich soil and earthworms, and the sun or wind on my face.

I understand the difficulty, slow pace, and painfulness of change in many cases, but it can become frustrating when we miss our stated vision and goals.

Pastor, chaplain, and Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Anthony Begay was known for his deep faith and kind and generous spirit. He died Sept. 5 at age 86.

World Relief asked supporters to urge U.S. presidential candidates “to uphold human dignity, secure borders, and protect family unity in immigration solutions.”

Philosopher Myisha Cherry brings a novel approach to what to do with wrongdoing in our lives and the world.

A hilarious, fresh love story for the over-60 crowd.

As a reader, this month offers the chance for me to learn more about my Hispanic neighbors through the pages of books. Here are four titles that will elevate your reading life.

Eight ministers are releasing their calls, seven congregations have begun disaffiliation, and one church is affiliating with the Christian Reformed Church in North America, in moves directly tied to recent synodical decisions on human sexuality.

The Loan Fund experienced a sharp decline in loan requests in 2021 due in part to COVID, and it remained without a director for two years.

Like our gardens and houseplants, the church is also vibrant and fragile.

Pop singer-songwriter Hannah Kerr releases an authentic, 14-song album brimming with God’s love.

From bestselling author Glenys Nellist comes a rhyming, whimsical, faith-building journey through the four seasons—for early readers who love nature and wonder.

My mom took a phone call from someone claiming to be her granddaughter, saying she had been in a car crash, was in jail, and needed help. Thankfully Mom figured out it wasn’t her grandchild and hung up. How do we guard ourselves from scammers?

We often think our riders, our conscious reasoning, are in control, but really our elephants, our subconscious intuitions, rule.

While often identified as a Reformation slogan, we have no written evidence that the reformers themselves used these words together this way.

How can we understand God’s sovereignty without logically implying that God was the creator of evil?

A moving picture book biography about chef José Andrés, who, along with his World Central Kitchen organization, is sure to inspire kids to help out in their own communities.

This devotional weaves together Scripture, liturgies, and stories of historical figures to “show women that caring for themselves is the first step toward renewing their souls and tackling the social problems they care most about.”

Congregations facing hard choices about what to do with underutilized, high-maintenance sacred structures heard from real estate experts at a recent conference on the future of church buildings.