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Many people make the honest mistake of referring to the most famous creed as the “Apostle’s Creed” (note the placement

It was Palm Sunday 2009, and instead of sitting in a pew in my home church watching the Sunday school children walk down the aisles wavin

Outreach

Q I often wonder if I’m a genuine Christian because I’m not actively

Last April The Banner asked readers to tell us what your churches have been up to in caring for the environment—in keeping with God

Have you ever wondered what eggs have to do with Easter? Or why we hunt for Easter eggs? (Why not painted rocks or marbles instead?)

When older folks get together, the conversation often drifts toward ailments, surgeries, and medications.

With budgets facing ongoing strains, saving money isn’t a tough sell in most congregations these days.

I was about 12 years old. I woke up on a Sunday morning, trying to process a dream from the night before.

Kudos

Seldom do I read The Banner and come away greatly blessed and encouraged, but with the March 2010 issue I certainly did.

For more than half a century our denomination has maintained a close bond with the Christian Reformed Church in Cuba. As the Februar

If I were an atheist (you’ll be pleased to know I am not), I would scan my fellow lumps of biomass and conclude, “Human life

At the stove, waiting for the rice to boil.

Welcome to a brand-new column. Sorry, we’re not going to dish out juicy “tell-alls” here.

I knock on Mary’s door with no more than a name on a chart. My hospice badge prompts her husband to let me inside.

June 17, 1929 – December 31, 2009

Rev.

As movie buffs focus on the Academy Awards, discussions always turn to what makes a film “important.” Films of importance tak

Rev. Marco Avila left his home in Paterson, N.J., earlier this year and drove several hundred miles.

A committee of church music experts working to compile a new hymn collection knew that “Amazing Grace” would make the cut.

Jimbo is a small fishing village of about 200 inhabitants, mostly Muslim, along the Indian Ocean in southern Kenya.

How do you reach 1.3 billion people in China with the gospel? Through a strong media ministry and a vast network of volunteers.

The night was dark, but the patio was filled with light as a Christian Reformed missionary met with people in a slum in Guadalajara, Mexi

The dust has settled in Port-au-Prince. The earth is quiet; the shaking has stopped; the cries of the crushed and trapped are silent.

The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood” (John 1:14, The Message).