November 2019
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Features
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Surely we are not left with just two stark options of hypermasculine men who behave badly or emasculated, effeminate men.
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We’ve come to wonder if the problem with being included and fitting in is less about our girls’ disabilities and more about the ableist culture in which we live.
News
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Helped by the Grade 10 Venture class at Hamilton District Christian High School, Calvin Christian School in Hamilton, Ont., created an inclusive playscape that all students can enjoy together.
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Members of Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in Brighton, Ont., co-hosted an all-candidates meeting with the city’s Chamber of Commerce.
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Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to their classis, a regional group of churches. Here is the report of classis meetings of the past few months.
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Mark Charles, speaker and author with Navajo and American-Dutch lineage with a history in the Christian Reformed Church, is running an independent campaign for the U.S. presidency, desiring to build a nation where “‘We the people’ truly means all the people.”
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Members of five Christian Reformed congregations in Edmonton, Alta., helped to organize a multifaith vigil as an opportunity to “lament the devastation of our creation, provide support to each other and seek out ways to embrace hope as we move forward.”
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James Vanderlaan “served among gifted intellectuals and among those with limited gifts.” He died Aug. 18 at age 81.
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Dwayne Thielke, pastor and longtime missionary in the Philippines, died July 27 following three months in the hospital for complications of heart bypass surgery.
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A veteran of World War II who pastored five Christian Reformed congregations and preached until his 90th birthday, Harry Arnold died June 16.
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Bill Brouwers, who died June 14, had been pastor to three Christian Reformed congregations and loved to share the love of Jesus and salvation through Christ.
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After visiting 60 Christian Reformed congregations across Canada through 2018 and 2019 Jeremy Benjamin sees a “real understanding of putting our faith into action when it comes to kingdom work in our cities.”
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For 14 years and counting, First Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Falls, S.D., has delivered grocery bags packed with the makings for Thanksgiving dinner to families in their community.
Columns
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Recently I started a contracting company with two friends. We fixed the roof of a church and the exterior wall of a house. The church paid promptly. But an elder from the church who owns the house refused to pay the agreed amount.
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An illuminating photo-journalism book documents the dignity of those on the margins.
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Your church’s organ can bridge the gap between young and old and provide an amazing depth and richness not only to the sound, but to the experience.
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The seeds from different grains are food that people and animals can eat.
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There must be a lot of incompetent scientists in North America if half their membership still believe in something their own field has apparently disproved!
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When broken people come to churches, they are looking for people who have walked in their shoes. They are seeking a community that becomes a safe place.
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Faith questions are and should be asked as teens start to make faith their own.
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Those who know more tend to be more humble of their abilities because they are more aware of their own limitations.
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Los que más conocen tienden a ser más humildes respecto a sus habilidades porque son más conscientes de sus propias limitaciones.
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A well-known memoirist takes a DNA test and makes an earth-shattering discovery.
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A church denomination intent on family unity has a chance of finding a way to remain united.
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The Bible says God hates “lying lips,” but there are also stories, such as Rahab helping the Israelite spies, where lying seems to be a good thing. So is lying sometimes okay?
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A gentle, funny, wise book about waiting on God.
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Too many of TULIP’s terms are misleading and easily caricatured; they end up misrepresenting the Canons of Dort and giving a distorted impression of Reformed theology.
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Books to read (and listen to) in the Christmas season and beyond.
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See how readers responded to recent Banner issues, articles, and columns.
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Our house isn’t really “ours.” We’re temporary caretakers of a home that will stand, Lord willing, long after we’re gone.
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A Christian Food Network host takes readers deep into her love of food.
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A memoir of a broken CRC family and the Michigan land that binds them.
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Read by the author, the audiobook of a bestselling book delivers a warm listening experience.
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더 많이 아는 사람들이 자신의 능력에 대해 더 겸손한 경향을 보이는 것은 그들이 자신의 한계를 더 잘 알기 때문입니다.
Our Shared Ministry
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If we are honest, remembering those incarcerated “as if we were bound with them” is an instruction that many of us would rather forget.
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A Michigan prison that used to average 150 major incidents a year, such as assault, robbery, and physical altercations now averages eight.
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Several denominational employees have made a commitment to attend the fall meetings of CRCNA classes and help with ministry shares conversations.
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Si somos honestos, recordar a los encarcelados "como si fuéramos nosotros mismos” es una instrucción que muchos de nosotros preferimos olvidar.
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“Trauma, if not dealt with, can fester and grow. It can prevent families from reaching their goals.”
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It was during mail call, and Dorothy wasn’t expecting anything. Surprised but grateful, she scanned the piece of mail addressed to her.
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솔직히 생각해 보면, 우리 대부분은 ‘너희도 갇힌 것같이 갇힌 자를 생각하라’는 교훈을 쉽게 잊고 살아갑니다.