Religion

When a visitor walks into your church, what will they see? What will they hear? How will they feel?

It was the year 1870. Kate Lindsay was sitting the most important exam of her life in front of her Greek teacher.

I never expected my work to affect my mental health. At first, like most people just starting a new job, I was thrilled about my new class, the kids I would be teaching and the environment I wanted to create for these young minds. I had a real passion for children and couldn’t wait to be the best teacher I could be. I...

"If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them" (James 4:17).

The New Testament would have looked quite different[1] without the influence of Athanasius the Great, bishop of Alexandria and church father of the Christian Church in the 4th century.

Was the Pax Romana really a time of peace?

The effect or influence that a particular thing has on us depends largely on where that thing falls on the scale of our values. It's one thing to lose your folding fan in a foreign country and quite another to lose your passport.

To what extent is ecumenism included in God's concerns? Does God's agenda include this objective?

In his desire to secure an heir to the throne, Henry VIII set off a domino effect that would ultimately change the face of America and the world.

Andrew McChesney knew what he wanted—to be a famous journalist. He thought Moscow would be a good place to learn his craft and make a name for himself, which he did. But his years in Russia shaped his life in a much deeper way—it was there that he discovered God and found new meaning in life.

When I ponder the statement, “Life holds potential meaning under any condition, even the most miserable,” the story of an anonymous woman comes to my mind. She made a deep impression on me and taught me about two existential states: having, and being.

In those times when grief accompanies us and we find ourselves alone in the middle of the night, does God shed tears with us?

Whether we are cooking, repairing things, or solving life's problems, we are always learning from each other. However, when it comes to certain areas, including church life, the interchange of experiences is lacking. Communities often keep their ideas, and especially their mistakes, to themselves. Can we rediscover the deeply biblical nature of knowledge sharing?

When I'm tired I can't love! Many times I have lived this reality and even assessed it as the exact end of love.

In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures – Psalm 104:24