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What happens when a seventh-grader discovers he has superpowers ... and then realizes his life just got super complicated?

Mission Church in Tuscon, Ariz., seized the opportunity to help a community member re-establish stable housing when an adjacent building was ripe for transformation.

Chris Schoon, co-director of the Christian Reformed Church’s Thrive agency, is stepping down as of Sept. 20: “I feel that I can no longer carry out my responsibilities … with integrity to my own convictions.”

Este llamado no consiste en culpar a nadie, sino en reconocer nuestra responsabilidad compartida de sanar y restaurar.

A podcast for parents and ministry leaders who want children to feel loved and valued by God.

The intellectual climate in the West has left all of us assuming a thing is real only when we can see it or touch it.

Experience the beauty and peace God has made for you.

Butterflies lay their eggs on the plants that are the best food for their offspring.

Leaders are typically given way too much credit on both ends of the spectrum. They are either venerated as saints or demonized.

Pew study shows U.S. migrants are much more likely to have a religious identity than the American-born population.

Sally Lloyd-Jones’s upbeat text integrates with Kevin Waldron’s high-energy mixed-media illustrations for a story that exudes unabashed joy.

In the final days of WWII, the paths of a blind French girl and a German soldier collide. Based on Anthony Doerr's Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller.

This post-WW2 novel contrasts oppression with music’s transcendent power.

Despite a pervasive sense of hopelessness in his community, Mayan community leader Diego Alberto Catinac Guarchaj is full of hope for a better future—and not just for himself.

Plain-spoken and eloquent music from Taylor Swift enchants a generation of fans.

In this adorable, often amusing collection, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Lois Lowry, and twelve other poets give thanks for those who bark, purr, chitter, and slither.

In the same way my daughter tirelessly sets up her toys every day, I go through the motions of being with, feeding, reading to, and playing with my kids.

This moment—a plea for passion and meaning—resonated with all of us.

A report from the Christian Reformed Church’s Candidacy Committee on the current leadership landscape of the denomination is included in the Agenda for Synod 2024.

This article is the honorable mention pick for The Banner’s 2024 Young Adults Writing Contest on the topic of peacemaking.

Invited and encouraged by their pastor, attendees of Grace and Peace Church in Chicago Ill., are waking up in the early hours to read their Bibles, pray, and encourage one another.

The hot August sun beat down as I approached the vacant ruins of the old community garden.

As a pastor, church planter, and home missionary, Don Griffioen spent his ministry career bringing churches together, focusing on similarities rather than differences. He died May 26 at age 92.