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A hopeful, practical model for what it means to be a Christian and a culture-maker in a world of hurt and wondrous possibility, from multi-Grammy winner Charlie Peacock and his wife and author, Andi Ashworth.

Ellie wants to be an elephant in the Christmas play but her know-it-all sister says she’ll ruin everything. When Baby Jesus goes missing, Ellie must find him, or the play will be ruined!

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If I’m busy preparing for the worst, I forfeit the present and the possibilities within it.

Early on in ministry I came out to my church as gay and committed to celibacy.

Twenty life lessons from the holiday classic A Christmas Story.

A retired professor gets a new lease on life when a private investigator hires him to go undercover inside a San Francisco retirement home.

Alaska Korean Christian Reformed Church in Anchorage, Ala., has been ministering to the Korean community there since 1994.

Adventurous and service-oriented, Art Schoonveld was a pastor who looked out for others and stood up for what he believed. He died Nov. 16 at age 88.

Hans Uittenbosch was a master storyteller with a generous laugh. Pioneer of ministry to seafarers, he was a lifelong evangelist. He died Nov. 23 at age 92.

Resonate Global Mission, the missionary agency of the CRCNA, is among eight Christian organizations funding an independent investigation into allegations of abuse at Hillcrest School in Jos, Nigeria.

It’s Friday night at Casa Adobe, a ministry house in Costa Rica, and the loudest chess club ever is meeting.

From an award-winning trio, this celebration of community, friendship, and the natural world features poetic, lyrical text paired with a vibrant visual tale of two characters.

Various artists, such as Jason Gray and Phil Joel, highlight the Christian need to practice creation care.

After encountering these stories, you might have closed your Bible and shaken your head, wondering why in the world God would put these stories in inspired Scripture.

I think this drive to understand could be one of the attributes of being created in the image of God.

Synod news; columns from Cross Examination, Big Questions, and Faith Matters; four features; and an As I Was Saying blog post were among the most-accessed articles on thebanner.org this year.

Seven congregations from the Christian Reformed Church’s Classis Red Mesa make up the latest iteration of the Center for Church Renewal’s New Horizons project.

The Scripture readings at the end of the liturgical year are the biblical equivalent of dystopian science fiction.

Told from the perspective of a young girl living during the time of Jesus’ birth, this uniquely illustrated nativity story helps young readers understand the “what” and embrace the “why” of Christmas.

A New York mobster builds a new life in the heartland

The King’s University in Edmonton, Alberta credits Emmanuel Christian Reformed Church in Calgary for making possible an altered physical geography class field trip.

The launch of the digital Forum will make many of these resources more readily available and accessible.