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Columns
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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Trust the Wings
By Barbara SchultzeREAD MOREWritten by a former home care nurse and hospice chaplain, this debut novel brings an ambitious hospital executive back to her troubled home to care for her difficult father.
Live from Liberty University (with Liberty Worship Collective)
By Meredith AndrewsREAD MOREVeteran worship leader Meredith Andrews presents a live album of worship songs old and new performed at her alma mater.
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A daughter of the Asian American church wrestles with faith, exile, and belonging.
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To discern what is true and right requires knowing God, not just knowing about God.
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It began with nothing in particular. A man settled into his favorite chair one evening, tired from a long day, and reached for his phone the way he always did.
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See how readers responded to recent Banner issues, articles, and columns.
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Plunge into reading, from a book based on a true story about a missing lumber baron’s wife to a middle-grade novel about a Jewish family caught up in Hitler’s dog army.
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As an Indigenous man, I received my traditional name later in life, because of the disconnect from my own people due to being part of the “Sixties Scoop” generation
Every Peach Is a Story
By David Mas Masumoto and Nikiko Masumoto. Illustrated by Lauren TamikiREAD MOREIn this poignant picture book, little Midori discovers that every peach on her Japanese American family’s farm is a sweet reminder of those who’ve come before.
The Golden Necklace: A Darjeeling Tea Mystery
By Mitali Perkins. Illustrated by Maithili JoshiREAD MORENational Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins crafts a contemporary chapter-book mystery about a 12-year-old Nepali girl who sets out to solve the disappearance of her Bengali friend’s missing jewelry.
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Miranda Priestly struggles against Emily Charlton, her former assistant turned rival executive, as they compete for advertising revenue amid declining print media, while Miranda nears retirement.
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Apparently, in back-to-back Sunday sermons, I had left the authors of those two emails with the exact opposite impression.
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What happens when fixed eyes are transformed (“fixed”) by Jesus so everything comes into focus?
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My church was one of the Christian Reformed churches that stopped offering a formal catechism class for young people. It’s been at least 25 years.
What God Says About You
By Hosanna Wong. Illustrated by Liz BrizziREAD MOREWhen a child feels left out, makes a mistake, or is called a name that hurts their heart, how can they know their true identity?
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To Olivia offers a grief story in this somber movie about Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal’s loss of a child.
A Year Without Home
By V. T. BidaniaREAD MOREThis poignant novel in verse is about a Hmong girl losing and finding home in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. For fans of Jasmine Warga and Veera Hiranandani.
The Glory of the Ascension: Celebrating a Doctrine for the Life of the Church
By W. Ross HastingsREAD MORERediscover the majesty of the ascended Christ just in time for Ascension Day, May 14.
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Members of the same churches are judging each other’s characters based on their disagreements. Sometimes they refuse to talk to one another while singing songs of unity.
Shooting Up: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Addiction
By Jonathan TepperREAD MOREIn the shadows of Madrid's most notorious drug slum, an American missionary family plants roots among heroin addicts and builds an unlikely church.
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As a denomination, we’re on the slope of a decades-long demographic decline. But we must not lose sight of who is in our corner.
Charlie Can't Sleep!
By Rachel Joy Welcher. Illustrated by Breezy BrookshireREAD MOREWinner of an Illumination Book Award and the 2025 Moonbeam Children's Book Award, this book shows kids that God is with us―even in the dark.
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Wonder Project announced a new special, The Old Stories: Moses, which will be released this spring. It's the latest in a slew of streamable Bible content.