Black History Month wasn’t always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week. It was a weeklong celebration in an effort to teach ...
While these words were spoken to a particular people at a particular point in history, the beauty of scripture is that they can still apply to us today. If you feel forsaken today, hear this word of ...
As our prayers for the end of war rest on a spiritual foundation, we can be confident that they will open to us greater harmony.
The matter right now is not just the global backlash against refugees but the glee with which some anti-refugee figures ...
The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven days, connected to the creation story in which God created the world in six days and rested on the next. This rest is not ...
At 7:24 a.m. two Sundays ago, my BBF, Best Beloved Friend, who lives far from me in a mountainous region of the United States, texted pictures of her snow-covered vehicle ...
In the world of Christian literature, the Bible stands as the best-selling book and simultaneously one of the most questioned ...
First, we should consider what churches mean when they say the phrase “Come as you are.” This phrase communicates that people ...
One of the leading charismatic churches in Ghana, Victory Bible Church International (VBCI), has announced a year-long ...
Bill Murray concedes he hasn’t been proactive about finding work as an actor. The “Groundhog Day” and “Lost in Translation” ...
I saw two people approach each another on a path and they started talking before they met. They stood for a while talking and then moved off in their different directions still talking until they were ...
The Canaanites were there before the Jews who escaped from Egypt, and the Philistines arrived. They all built cities with stone walls. They worked–bronze and copper in hot fires. They farmed and ...