1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1025+ words) I confess that, at first, I was at a loss. My whole story is that there were no "critical moments," at least in the usual sense of crisis points. I had no pit from which I was brought up. I…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (547+ words) A nine-foot statue of Al Edwards, who proposed the 1979 legislation to make Juneteenth a Texas State holiday, on the grounds of Ashton Villa. In the summer of 1865, the good news of freedom finally came to more than 250, 000 slaves in Texas....

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (495+ words) This piece was adapted from CT's books newsletter. Subscribe'here. Peter C. Mancall (Author) Oxford University Press, USA Peter Mancall's Contested Continent is a prodigious synthesis of recent scholarship on early American history. As Contested Continent demonstrates, historians increasingly view early North…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (603+ words) I opened my eyes in time to see the ball land in a patch of kudzu behind the left field fence. My father'our coach'leapt from the dugout. "TAKE YOUR BASES, SON!" he shouted, swinging his arms over his head and…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1327+ words) In Sweden, a church continues to advocate evangelism of Muslims, despite criticism from all sides. Asylum seekers arrive at a train station in Malmo, Sweden. Joakim Lundqvist never thought he would be pastor to hundreds of people named Muhammad." And…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (915+ words) Tonny Onyulo - Religion News Services They fear the migrants, which include Christian converts fleeing persecution, may get caught in the country's sectarian cross hairs. A federal agent arrests a man in an operation in Minneapolis. Religious leaders in the Central…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (814+ words) As Americans celebrate the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding, half of pastors say their churches will join in the festivities. According to a Lifeway Research study, 50 percent of US Protestant pastors believe their church should do something special to commemorate…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (710+ words) With more than 80, 000 cases and growing, churches and missions are replenishing depleted vaccine stocks and treating families nationwide. Children infected with measles receive treatment at a city corporation hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Pastor Anwar Hossain often travels an hour's drive…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (831+ words) Not long ago, I joined my wife in the kitchen after work. The sun was out, and the kids came running, asking me to play outside. I brushed them off, and as they left the room, my wife knowingly asked…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1186+ words) Nice win! All right, we're done for the night," I said to my 6-year-old son. Time to put the cards away." Ugh, I wanted to play another game!" he said, pouting. Sorry bud, it's already a little past bedtime. We…...