March 2011
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Features
A Sacred Circle
The “sad chapter” in Canada’s history of the Indian residential schools leads to a meaningful conversation about reconciliation.READ MOREReconciliation begins with truth.
Talking Biblically About Homosexuality
A request for helpREAD MOREI was proud of our congregation.
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One of the best-kept secrets of New Testament exegesis concerns the interpretation of the parable of the sheep and the goats (Matt.
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Living as faithful disciples of Jesus requires making a lot of judgment calls.
News
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Sacramento church combines love of hiking and backpacking with ministry
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Lynden church ministry supports adoptive and foster families.
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Artists combine sculpting, painting, poetry, and music.
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Canadians asked to advocate for transitional funding
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Filipino immigrants find support and also send support back home.
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DRS provides aid to several flooded homes in New Brunswick
In Memoriam: Rev. Anthony De Jager
June 25, 1922 – September 25, 2010READ MORERev.
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Aurora church designs worship for and with teens.
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A Washington church fights poverty and violence by sprucing up its surrounding neighborhood.
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Award-winning food gives Columbia church a high profile.
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Helping recently released inmates reenter society lowers recidivism.
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A struggling church picked up stakes and moved, seeking growth
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Michigan family makes space at the table for one more.
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Kingston ministry makes a mess for ministry.
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Chatham church runs programs for all ages on Friday nights.
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Librarian in Whitby recognized for promoting the church library
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Chicago school receives prayers for peace
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Oregon church members get “down and dirty” to help the neighbors.
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Kingston churches help Queen’s University campus ministry with weekly supper
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Outreach at a local market leads to winter carnival event
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Community-wide Bible reading program has ministers collaborating on texts and sermon ideas
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Against the odds, Western Michigan Christian High School’s boys’ soccer team won the 2
Columns
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Church
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In last month’s Banner we reported on a bit of a dustup at Calvin College, our denominationally owned liberal arts scho
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Have you ever traveled to a faraway place?
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Justice and Mercy
The two features “Illegal” and “Lopsided Mercy” (February 2011) really hit home
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I am tired. Really, really tired.
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A minister was approached by a congregant who said he was worried about the strange dreams he was having.
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Begin here: A book is a story told by one soul to another soul. This means that the writer for young readers has the opportunity
The Muslim-Christian Chasm
Let’s not gloss over the serious differences between Christianity and Islam.READ MORESeveral issues ago Banner Editor Bob De Moor wrote about his church’s positive encounter with two devout Muslims (“In All
Our Shared Ministry
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Every week, an average of 2,500 people walk through the doors of the Back to God Ministries center in Kinshasa, Congo, in response to
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Elly Dalmaijer says she and her husband, Jack, “never plan anything . . . we just live life as it goes.”
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Brian Fuller, a Calvin College communication arts and sciences professor, was intrigued by what he had heard about Mustard Seed School
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After becoming addicted to drugs at the age of 15, Carlos Vazquez quickly grew angry and aggressive.
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My local church is on a journey though the book of Proverbs—a chapter a day for 31 days.
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Every evening for 28 nights, Special Operations soldiers and others squeezed into the office of CRC army chaplain Capt.
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Despite their best intentions, pastors don’t always practice what they preach when it comes to spending meaningful time in Scrip
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ServiceLink is a volunteer program of the Christian Reformed Church in North America that provides a one-stop resource center to link
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The Network seems to have accomplished one of the most important things that it set out do: connect people and churches to enhance min
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Bible publisher Zondervan ventured into new territory late last year by releasing what is said to be the first digital e-Book version