Multiplication does not happen all at once but is passed, one person at a time.

What looks like a sudden failure is usually the fruit of a long, quiet formation—one that unfolded beneath the surface, unnoticed and unnamed.

It wasn’t Gutenberg’s press, but for almost 90 years the printing press had an outsized effect on the location and size of the CRC’s denominational facilities.

The question we as the church must ask is, “How do we respond? How do we minister to hurting people well?”

If “God is the builder” of his house (Heb. 3:3), what role do church leaders play in that great project?

While many readers were shocked, even appalled, at the 2025 mandate change, tussles over the balance between confessional boundaries and editorial freedom are not new.

Our sub-plot relationships are to mirror, accurately, the main plot.

The Human Sexuality Report calls for much more than clarifying boundaries. Now it’s time for developing the report’s pastoral recommendations.

Rid yourself of the internal and external clutter weighing you down.

The CRC took the reading of its publications as a serious spiritual matter.

If I had been there among the crowds that first Holy Week, would I have been part of that Holy Week mob calling for Jesus to be crucified?

Unlike the birds, we don’t send our young ones off never to see them again. So how do we describe this new phase?

Everyone in the room that night had an employment worry to share—if not them, then their husband or son or daughter.

I know how to pack a sanctuary, fill it with people, and keep filling it with people every Sunday, too.

Swans are beautiful and majestic birds and so are these gifts as they are expressed through us by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Banner asked several CRC members which books helped shape their faith development. Here’s what they said.

Two decades ago, I wrote about the church behind bars. Ten years later, I wrote again. Now, with another decade passed, I offer not just a reflection—but a call to action for the church outside the gates.

The Worry Box became our lighthearted way of dealing with my husband’s tendency to fret.

I suggest that the Protestants’ Five Solas can remind us that the Christian faith begins with the love of God made known to us in Jesus Christ.

Hope Christian Reformed Church of Stony Plain, Alta., ceased to exist at the end of 2024. It served as a Reformed congregation in Parkland County of Alberta for about 120 years.

From sunup to sundown, I meet endless crossroads where I must choose whether to be ruled by impulse or restraint.

Jesus showed us that there is a table—or rather, an abundant life with God—that is prepared for God’s people to enjoy.

How do we reframe our perspectives to be keenly aware of God’s presence in the mundane of everyday life?