What if we viewed reading as not just a personal hobby or a pleasurable indulgence but a spiritual practice that deepens our faith?
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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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Sonny Vaccaro and Nike pursue basketball rookie Michael Jordan, creating a partnership that revolutionizes the world of sports and contemporary culture.
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The Banner’s Mixed Media editor offers reading picks for Native American Heritage Month, from a charming middle grade novel set on Beaver Island to a searing memoir by the NHL’s first First +Nations hockey player.
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The five-member band played the entire “Beautiful Letdown” album and several other tunes.
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In her highly anticipated second book, Helen Knott returns with a chronicle of grief, love and legacy.
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What is cultural appropriation? Why is it wrong? How do we avoid it?
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Would it be better to toss denominations into the ash heap of history? I don’t think so.
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Find hope amid anxiety through the spiritual practice of breath prayer in this beautifully illustrated and practical guide to connecting body, mind and spirit during times of stress.
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As a future war between the human race and artificial intelligence rages on, ex-special forces agent Joshua is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI.
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Millions have read books and listened to sermons by Timothy Keller. But which people and what events shaped his own thinking and spiritual growth?
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From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings, comes a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II.
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See how readers responded to recent Banner issues, articles, and columns.
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Worship artist Phil Wickham releases his 10th studio album, which includes “I Believe” and “This Is God.”
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My teen is always coming up with foolish ideas, and we end up arguing endlessly. Any thoughts on how to break the cycle?
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Simple machines help us by following the simple rule God made for them: When you increase the distance over which force is applied, you decrease the force needed.
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Am I happy with how my life took shape?
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It’s a fairly common experience for a waitress to ignore me and only talk to the non-disabled person I’m dining with.
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Calvin University professor Jennifer Holberg engages with words from the likes of Dante, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Flannery O'Connor, Marilynne Robinson and more, while also offering some of her own stories to reflect on the importance of story to our lives and our faith.
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A piano teacher shows off his infectious enthusiasm for all things piano music.
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The unlikely friendship between two very different Syrian girls, the pressures and expectations of the perfect Syrian daughter, and the repercussions of the Syrian Revolution both at home and abroad.
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Late fall and new winter reading, from a Norwegian classic set in medieval times to a faith-based espionage thriller.
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Spoken word artist and bestselling author Hosanna Wong unveils a fresh approach to spiritual disciplines as the practical ways we can stay connected to God and to our true selves.
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Crash of the Crown is the seventeenth studio album by American rock band Styx.
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There are two ways we can read the Bible: as if it’s a mirror or as if it’s a pair of binoculars.