Have you ever tried something new and failed? This is the situation Humpty Dumpty faces in After the Fall.
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Read our regular columns on Faith Matters, Big Questions, Christian apologetics, Editorials, the Discover page (especially for kids), the Vantage Point, the Other Six, and letters from Christian Reformed Church members and our readers. Our online-only columns are As I Was Saying and Behind the Banner.
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How did urban sprawl get its start? What do walkable neighborhoods and mixed-use zoning have to do with loving our neighbor?
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Daniel Day-Lewis delivers an astonishing performance in this twisting, twisted cinematic creation.
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Reading Andy Crouch’s The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place could well be the best gift you ever give your family.
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All Set: En la mesa de Dios/At God’s Table is a bilingual picture book from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship that explains communion;
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Topical gimmicks are great—except when they’re not.
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Expectations are the enemy of contentment. On face value, this seems like a harmless platitude: Manage your expectations, and you’ll more readily avoid being disappointed.
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I recently finished school, found a job, and have my first steady income. I want to give appropriately to my church and other organizations. How do I decide how much to give and to whom?
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As the music industry amps up anticipation for the Grammy awards on Sunday night (CBS/City), you can check out some of our music reviews from the last year to see what Banner reviewers thought.
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A. A. Milne returned from the First World War traumatized by what he’d seen. He wanted to help people see the truth of war so that it would never happen again.
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“I serve a congregation in an all-white town. The nearest city is an hour’s drive away,” he said. “How do I get my people to actually feel for people of other races?”
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Over the past several months our society has experienced a monumental shift in the treatment of women—particularly in regard to how they are treated by men in power.
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“For me, for all of us, water is a matter of life.”
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Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the plethora of personality types and their corresponding measurements?
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There may be times when your prayers appear to do nothing more than bounce off the ceiling.
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As a high school senior I feel so much pressure in making decisions that might affect my career and life: Do I go to college or not? What programs do I choose?
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A few weeks ago I had lunch at the local Sikh temple (Gurdwara).
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I am like many women you may know. I am in my forties and the mother of three wonderful children. I fancy gardening and estate sales and am partial to dark chocolate.
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It’s 1971 and all is not well at The Washington Post. Publisher Katherine Graham (Meryl Streep) wonders if she should allow the family-owned paper to go public.
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When a massive snowstorm shuts down Brooklyn for several days, the lives of three people intersect in life-altering ways.
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Author Maja Lunde weaves together the stories of three families who live in different places and historical periods, their narratives linked by an unlikely source: bees.
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Soul of a Woman, the final album from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, reflects on the joys, pains, challenges, and triumphs of her life before she passed away from cancer...
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Our deacons are promoting electronic funds transfer (EFT) as a giving option for our church.
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When I was a 10-year-old, Psalm 90 was my favorite psalm. I knew it as the hymn “O God, Our Help in Ages Past.”