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This month ushers in major transitions in our denominational leadership.

It was tuesday. My wife’s birthday. We were going out for dinner. Could I take her out for lunch too?

When Christians speak their faith with a Reformed accent, they talk a lot about creation.

I went to a worship service recently that made my ears ring for 24 hours afterward.

At the Beginning of time, the Chief of Spin came to the first woman and asked her a question.

BANNER: So how did you end up in Sin City?

When Our children were young, no summer was considered complete unless it involved an afternoon of throwing rocks.

Q. My pastor talks about spiritual warfare.

If you’re a churchgoer, you’ve undoubtedly found yourself in the middle of a swirling controversy at some point.

I’ve been following the process of Mother Teresa’s journey to official sainthood with interest.

What are you afraid of?

Our 4-year-old granddaughter, Maddie, attends a Montessori preschool.

“What do you think the future of the CRC will be?”

Our denomination publishes an annual directory we call the Yearbook.

Trap or Testimony?

Editor’s note: The names in this story have been changed to protect the identities of

Voices rising from the street outside my front gate grabbed my attention one morning.

I recently walked into a roomful of newly appointed church planters and first-time campus ministers.

Now is the perfect time to see God’s little critters. They’re the flappers and flyers, creepers and crawlers of summer.

A visiting minister was giving the offertory prayer: “Dear, Lord,” he began with arms extended and a rapturous look on his up

Looking Back on the Central Questions of the Star Wars Saga

“This war represents a failure to listen.”—Pa

The most refreshing change I’ve made in my Bible reading has been to learn how to pray Scripture contemplatively.

In this banner we’ll catch you up on Synod 2005, our denomination’s annual leadership convention.

She felt overwhelmed. So much to do. So little time to do it. The advice she was getting wasn’t helping.