From One Generation to Another: A Legacy Worth Celebrating
05/08/2026

The Christian Reformed churches in southern California gathered for a joint service of worship and thanksgiving Sunday, April 19, marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of the CRCNA’s oldest institution, Calvin Theological Seminary.Inspired by plans to celebrate the sesquicentennial in wester

Darrell Delaney Becomes Director of ReFrame Ministries
05/08/2026

Former pastor at Madison Square Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., and campus minister at Grand Valley State University in, Allendale, Mich., Rev. Darrell Delaney has been appointed new director of the Christian Reformed Church’s media outreach, ReFrame Ministries.Delaney will start work May 11, as part

Praying Spirit Bear
05/08/2026

As I Was Saying is a forum for a variety of perspectives to foster faith-related conversations among our readers with the goal of mutual learning, even in disagreement. Apart from articles written by editorial staff, these perspectives do not necessarily reflect the views of The Banner.Tanisi.In Cre

Every Peach Is a Story
05/08/2026

Young Midori is excited as she tugs at Jichan—her grandfather—and pulls him toward the peach orchard, asking, “Is it ready yet?” Jichan hands Midori a peach and asks her what she hears when she bites into it. Crunch! The peach is hard and inedible.Midori is impatient, wondering when the peaches will

The Golden Necklace: A Darjeeling Tea Mystery
05/08/2026

Christian author Mitali Perkins is renowned for her middle school and young adult novels, such as Bamboo People and You Bring the Distant Near, as well as her children’s picture books—Holy Night and Little Star: A Story for Christmas, Bare Tree and Little Wind: A Story for Holy Week, and more.In thi

Lora Copley Is Approved Candidate for Banner’s Editor-in-Chief
05/07/2026

The Council of Delegates of the Christian Reformed Church in North America approved Rev. Lora Copley as its candidate to present to Synod 2026 for the long-term editor-in-chief appointment.Copley is currently The Banner’s interim editor, serving since December 2025. The Banner’s most recent editor-i

The Devil Wears Prada 2
05/07/2026

If you loved The Devil Wears Prada, you will probably relish the sequel, if only to be reunited with the Fab Four from the first movie: Miranda, Andy, Emily, and Nigel—Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci.It’s great fun to catch up with their characters 20 years after we left

Amanda Roozeboom Appointed Director of ThereforeGo Ministries
05/06/2026

ThereforeGo Ministries recently appointed Amanda Roozeboom as executive director of the organization that has long been the main resource partner for youth ministry in the Christian Reformed Church.Roozeboom comes to the position after 10 years serving other roles at ThereforeGo, most recently as di

Who is the Christian Reformed Church Today?
05/06/2026

What is identity? For many of us, our personal identity might be bound up in vocation. For example, Belinda is a banker; she always has been and thought she always would be. But when she retires, what is she? For others, identity is bound up in a relationship—often a child (or spouse). Darryl is Tyl

The ‘Spectacles’ of Scripture
05/05/2026

As I Was Saying is a forum for a variety of perspectives to foster faith-related conversations among our readers with the goal of mutual learning, even in disagreement. Apart from articles written by editorial staff, these perspectives do not necessarily reflect the views of The Banner.A couple of y

Transformed Eyes
05/04/2026

In first grade, everything Mrs. Zuidema wrote on the chalkboard looked fuzzy. I’d break my pencil point so I could walk up to the sharpener, slo-o-owly passing the board to read it. Once, I squirreled my brother’s binoculars into my desk, thinking I’d sneak a peek at the board when no one was lookin

Return to Catechism
05/01/2026

As I Was Saying is a forum for a variety of perspectives to foster faith-related conversations among our readers with the goal of mutual learning, even in disagreement. Apart from articles written by editorial staff, these perspectives do not necessarily reflect the views of The Banner.My church was

After Three Years of Sudan War, Christian Leaders Say Some Signs of Hope Emerge
05/01/2026

The Banner has a subscription to republish articles from Religion News Service. This story by Fredrick Nzwili, was published April 15, 2026 on religionnews.com. It has been lightly edited for Banner style.As the war in Sudan entered its fourth year in mid-April, the bombed Episcopal Church of Our Sa

Historic S.D. Church Prepares for Rebuild
05/01/2026

After 107 years, the original sanctuary of New Holland (S.D.) Christian Reformed Church, has seen its last service. On April 26 congregants celebrated the final service in the building before it will be torn down to make room for a new, larger construction to begin in June. A fellowship hall, connec

What God Says About You
05/01/2026

In this charming, rhyming picture book, author Hosanna Wong invites children to understand what God says about them and the names he calls them: “No matter where you choose to go, / the people you meet, or the things you do, / it’s important that you always know / the wonderful things God says about

To Olivia
05/01/2026

To Olivia is a difficult grief story of a couple who has lost a beloved child. An additional layer to the story is just who this married pair happens to be: the famous author Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal, whose fragilities and failures make the story painful and true.The movie’s artful filmi

A Year Without Home
05/01/2026

Written in free verse and based on her Hmong family’s escape from Laos in May 1975 when the country fell to a communist regime, author V. T. Bidania relates the narrative from the perspective of her oldest sister, Gao Sheng, who was 11 years old at the time. Bidania herself was a few months old as t

Iowa Church Recalls 75 Years of Milestones
04/30/2026

Calvin Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley, Iowa, celebrated its 75th anniversary April 26. The congregation began as the Second CRC in Rock Valley and was named Calvin CRC in May 1951.The building the congregation currently uses is the church's second building, constructed between 1974 and 197

40 Years of Community Pancake Breakfasts
04/29/2026

Emo (Ont.) Christian Reformed Church has been hosting a pancake breakfast during its town’s Spring Fever Days for 40 years. Cherished as a way to raise funds for missions, or community projects, the yearly outreach was first run by the church’s program for girls, then called “Calvinettes.” Helen Cat

Community Today?
04/28/2026

As I Was Saying is a forum for a variety of perspectives to foster faith-related conversations among our readers with the goal of mutual learning, even in disagreement. Apart from articles written by editorial staff, these perspectives do not necessarily reflect the views of The Banner.“How can I sa