Faith
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Is on Netflix: A Family Movie Night Guide
Some Christmas stories make you laugh. Some make you cry. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever manages to do both, and it may…
Marian Anderson: The Church Choir Girl Whose Voice Rose Over a Closed Door
On Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939, a 42-year-old contralto stepped up to a microphone on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in…
“Known But to God”: The Story of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Nov. 11, 1921
On a quiet hill at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia stands a white marble tomb. On its back are words many visitors…
Peace Is Knowing Who Is in the Boat With You: A Jonathan Anthony Burkett Quote
Some quotes are meant to be read once. Others are meant to be carried around in your pocket for the hard days.…
The Second Time: What Jonah Teaches Us About God’s Second Chances
Most of us know what it feels like to run from something. A hard conversation. A calling we are afraid of. A…
Gladys Aylward: The Housemaid Who Was Told “No” and Went to China Anyway
Some of the bravest people in history began their story with a closed door. Gladys Aylward was one of them. She was…
The Mayflower Compact: How 41 Weary Travelers Chose Unity Over Division
In November 1620, a small wooden ship rode at anchor off the tip of Cape Cod. Its passengers were tired, cold and…
From the Founder: Why I Keep Building on the Hard Days
People sometimes ask me how I keep going on the days when nothing seems to move. The honest answer is that some…
The Battle Is Not Yours: What King Jehoshaphat Teaches Us When Trouble Surrounds Us
Some trouble comes slowly. Other trouble arrives all at once, like a knock at the door with news you never wanted to…
Read to Me: Why the Family Story Time Still Matters (and How to Start Tonight)
There is something special about a child curled up beside a parent, a grandparent or a big brother with a book open…
“As Bound With Them”: A November Call to Remember the Persecuted Church
After the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church on Nov. 1, Hebrews 13:3 calls believers to remember the more than…
After Election Day, a Call to Pray for Leaders and Neighbors
Churches held prayer vigils for a peaceful election. Now comes the harder part: praying for those in authority and loving the neighbors…
“Good Tidings of Great Joy”: Pope Leo XIV Readies South America Journey
The Vatican on Tuesday laid out Pope Leo XIV’s Nov. 6-17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, with a Uruguay motto drawn…
Interfaith poll chaplains offer calm at polling places on Election Day 2026
More than 1,000 volunteer chaplains and peacekeepers are stationed outside polling sites in nine states today. Their mission echoes a blessing Jesus…
Mighty Man of Valour? What Gideon Teaches Us When We Feel Too Small
Some Bible heroes step onto the page already brave. Gideon did not. When we first meet him in Judges chapter 6, he…
Seven People and a Prayer: The Leipzig Church Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall
On the night of November 9, 1989, crowds in Berlin did something that had seemed impossible for 28 years. They walked through…
Save a Pot of Oil: What the Widow’s Empty Jars Teach Us About God’s Provision
Some of the most powerful stories in the Bible are also some of the shortest. Tucked into 2 Kings chapter 4 is…
Undas in the Philippines: Over a Million Remember Loved Ones With Candles
In the Philippines, the first days of November are not about costumes. They are about family, flowers and candlelight. This past weekend,…
The Shared Thanksgiving Table: Hosting on a Budget Without Doing It All Alone
Thanksgiving is just over three weeks away. For whoever is hosting this year, that can bring a mix of joy and quiet…
Greta Gerwig’s Narnia Is Rated PG: A Parents’ Guide to The Magician’s Nephew
For many Christian families, the Chronicles of Narnia are more than bedtime stories. C.S. Lewis’s books have helped generations of children picture…
William Wilberforce: Sick, Defeated for Years, and Still He Would Not Quit
Some victories come quickly. Most of the ones that matter do not. William Wilberforce spent nearly twenty years losing the same fight…
Faith Is Moving Forward Before the Sky Clears: A Jonathan Anthony Burkett Quote
Most of us would love to wait until the weather is perfect before taking the next step. We want the bills paid,…
Shut In and Remembered: What Noah Teaches Us About Waiting Out the Storm
Most of us learned the story of Noah as children. We remember the animals marching two by two, the giant boat and…
A Calmer Family Morning: A Simple Routine From Bedtime to the Front Door
One missing shoe. A permission slip nobody signed. Cereal on the floor, a toddler in tears and a parent calling up the…