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Did you know that bats live near you?

If you work with young people in the church, it’s almost guaranteed that someone will ask you for help or advice in reaching their

Electrons

Q My church has too many meetings! Can technology help?

O Canada

Just a reaction to Rev. Bob De Moor’s comments about “Language Matters” in the May editorial.

A recent Banner article answered a question from a person who received an advance on her inheritance to meet a current need (November 200

Now and then my job allows me to read or tell stories to children.

I get more impatient as I age.

"Grace is deceitful and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised. Proverbs 31:30” (ASV).

Rev.

Neal Plantinga once asked us to imagine a world in which theology was a cause for casual conversation, the way people might discuss the m

Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.

It stands to reason that sex education begins at birth.

Every spring I get a call from Jeannette. I’ve never actually met her, but she phones me faithfully once a year.

Juan*, now 27, moved with his family to the United States from Mexico more than 13 years ago.

Climate Controversy

The April Banner reported the signing of a climate change declaration written by evangelical leaders from aro

In his Banner article “Got Religion?” (January 2010), Rev.

Got a photo of something funny related to Reformed history, culture, or tradition? Got a funny story or joke?

Mission/Calling

Q I volunteer at my church as well as work and attend to my family.

Do you know any shepherds? No? If you lived in Israel in Bible times, you’d see shepherds and sheep all the time.

I’ve thought a lot about God’s covenant promises since becoming a grandmother six years ago.

It’s a fine challenge to be a bi-national denomination.

Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to meetings of classis, a regional grouping of churches.

Eight pastors and two of their spouses gathered recently in Grand Rapids, Mich., to learn more about the Christian Reformed Church as par