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Adventurous and service-oriented, Art Schoonveld was a pastor who looked out for others and stood up for what he believed. He died Nov. 16 at age 88.

Hans Uittenbosch was a master storyteller with a generous laugh. Pioneer of ministry to seafarers, he was a lifelong evangelist. He died Nov. 23 at age 92.

Resonate Global Mission, the missionary agency of the CRCNA, is among eight Christian organizations funding an independent investigation into allegations of abuse at Hillcrest School in Jos, Nigeria.

It’s Friday night at Casa Adobe, a ministry house in Costa Rica, and the loudest chess club ever is meeting.

From an award-winning trio, this celebration of community, friendship, and the natural world features poetic, lyrical text paired with a vibrant visual tale of two characters.

Various artists, such as Jason Gray and Phil Joel, highlight the Christian need to practice creation care.

After encountering these stories, you might have closed your Bible and shaken your head, wondering why in the world God would put these stories in inspired Scripture.

I think this drive to understand could be one of the attributes of being created in the image of God.

Synod news; columns from Cross Examination, Big Questions, and Faith Matters; four features; and an As I Was Saying blog post were among the most-accessed articles on thebanner.org this year.

Seven congregations from the Christian Reformed Church’s Classis Red Mesa make up the latest iteration of the Center for Church Renewal’s New Horizons project.

The Scripture readings at the end of the liturgical year are the biblical equivalent of dystopian science fiction.

Told from the perspective of a young girl living during the time of Jesus’ birth, this uniquely illustrated nativity story helps young readers understand the “what” and embrace the “why” of Christmas.

A New York mobster builds a new life in the heartland

The King’s University in Edmonton, Alberta credits Emmanuel Christian Reformed Church in Calgary for making possible an altered physical geography class field trip.

The launch of the digital Forum will make many of these resources more readily available and accessible.

Blast off to space and discover how every part of the universe—the planets, the stars, asteroids, meteoroids, and more—display God’s glory, creativity, and, most important, his love for you and me!

Veteran artist and producer Charlie Peacock releases an evocative and honest album.

In the small office I manage, I want employees to settle on certain computer apps to do their work (in this case, the messaging app Slack), but some are resisting. Should I lay down the law and require it?

What does A Charlie Brown Christmas have to teach us about Advent?

I spied a mother and her two little boys pushing a loaded cart toward the exit.

Get our list of movies, books, and podcasts to check out this month.

I was relieved it was over. But still wondering what this result meant for me, our family, our faith, and our country.

A Navajo grandmother shares an Indigenous retelling of the Christmas story with her granddaughter.