More than 600 guests arrived at Central Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., on November 21 for an Interfaith Thanksgiving celebration.
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President-elect Donald Trump will spend much of the time until his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017, composing his new administration.
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Each year during the holiday season,
In Memoriam: Rev. Martin Stegink
1927-2016READ MOREMartin Stegink was a lover of nature who reveled in the beauty of God’s creation.
In Memoriam: Rev. Chester Marciel Schemper
1918 - 2016READ MOREChester Schemper was a passionate, positive, hard-working man of faith whose love, joy, and gratitude profoundly affected those around him.
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Moana is the daughter of the chief of her island. Her people farm and fish, content to be a world unto themselves.
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In July 2011, when South Sudan became the world’s newest independent country,
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Pop and Christian contemporary icon Amy Grant returns to the Christmas music world withTennessee Christmas.
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Who better to invite to a New Year’s Eve party than . . . Moses!
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Years ago, as a campus minister, I took a group of students on a “homeless ministry” nighttime walking tour of downtown Toronto.
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For a couple of months my wife, Susie, and I felt undeniably drawn to the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and the “Water Protectors” attempts to reclaim land.
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Pastor Joshua Jung reaches out to the Korean-American community of Orlando, Fla., using soccer games, hot dogs, fishing, service, and many other activities.
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Forty years ago, Margie Hall’s family was on a fishing trip at Lake Red Rock near Pella, Iowa, when they decided to stop and refresh themselves at a little wayside chapel by the side of the highway.
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Best-selling author Ann Voskamp, who lives on a farm in Canada, will help open the Christian Reformed Church’s Inspire gathering
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“This is a historic time for us,” said Moses Chung,
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College and university students affiliated with Jubilee Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in St. Catharines, Ont., have come to expect an early Christmas present
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Joanne De Jonge’s first Banner article, “Mooncakes and Motorcycles,” appeared in the August 16, 1968 issue. Her final one, “Stargazing,” appeared this week.
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“Our Lives: Voices of Westview Centre4Women” opened this November with two evening performances
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On Nov. 8-10, women married to pastors found an oasis of grace in San Diego, Calif., at the annual Pastors’ Wives Conference.
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Canadian researchers are revisiting a hotly debated sociological question: Why do some churches decline while others succeed?
In Memoriam: Rev. Kenneth Prol
1951 - 2016READ MOREKenneth Prol was a man with a passion for bringing everyone he met closer to God.
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Newt Scamander is the type of man who nonchalantly hides an entire zoo of exotic animals in his carry-on suitcase
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Eighty-one-year-old Mary Oliver is widely acclaimed for her wise, lyrical poetry that presents life as a spiritual pilgrimage.