I recall the days when “Grape Road” was lined with cornfields and farmsteads. Now it’s a continuous three-mile strip of commercialism.
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A well-known memoirist takes a DNA test and makes an earth-shattering discovery.
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Netherlands-based, worldbeat band Trinity stubbornly holds onto their God-story.
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Elizabeth felt excluded; everyone else had received those blessing words. She wondered if other persons with disabilities had similar experiences.
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Mental health has been on the minds of The Banner staff and its readers.
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Social activist Mya navigates her preteen world in this sparkling middle-grade novel.
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A charming movie about a British Pakistani teen and his love for Bruce Springsteen’s music.
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A memoir of a broken CRC family and the Michigan land that binds them.
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While his statement is not true of all Christian communities, his more than 20-year experience in his particular mega church circle is that people avoid these complicated topics.
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A Christian Food Network host takes readers deep into her love of food.
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The Chicago rapper’s second album is long and happy but fails to connect.
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As a Christian at a public university, I am asked this question most often. People naturally assume they’re pretty good. The psychologically healthy have a humble recognition of the good in themselves.
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Each individual has a unique genetic makeup, social history, and personality, and each teen will navigate this identity crisis in his or her own way.
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The celebration of Hope College’s Sesquicentennial examines its resilience.
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At 69, Bruce Springsteen still has much to say.
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The message of God’s good creation of each child underscores this anti-bullying picture book.
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As I looked into the inner abyss of my soul, I saw an unfree self, chained together with an old friend, the pleaser identity.
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정죄는 자신의 잘못은 가볍게 여기면서 타인의 잘못은 비판하여 도덕적 우월감을 조성하는 것입니다.
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Scottish reggae album invites listeners outside the American music bubble.
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A debut from Melinda Gates, a timely and necessary call to action for women's empowerment.
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When we got the news that our adoption was annulled and I had been labeled a five-year hazard, I believed the entire year had been a waste, and I was the one who had wasted it. I believed this knowing what I know as a Christian in my head.
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It takes a delicate balance to identify what helps children to worship and what disrupts worship.
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“Righteousness” is another word for “justice,” which can be understood to mean something like “treating each person, thing, or situation rightly or correctly.”