2+ hour, 28+ min ago  (605+ words) This piece was adapted from CT's books newsletter. Subscribe'here. George's improbable escapes took him away from the Virginia plantation where he was born into slavery, to stopovers in Native American villages, and then to a South Carolina plantation where he…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (472+ words) Despite the loneliness, mistrust, and anger coursing through American social life, young men have at least one institution they can still rely on: the male group chat. But there's another side of the group chat'one that headlines on digital isolation…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (845+ words) Smoke billows from a fire next to Azadi Tower following strikes near Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on March 7, 2026. Once upon a time I was a pacifist, and some days I still am. Although I'm a theologian, which means it…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (182+ words) This article draws on findings from Jay Stringer's book Desire: The Longings Inside Us and the New Science of How We Love, Heal, and Grow. He is a licensed mental health therapist and ordained minister and lives in New York…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (12+ words) The 18-Hour Road Trip to Bring a Detained Refugee Home'Christianity Today...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (797+ words) Christianity Today Ravi Kishore, a third-generation Christian from the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, is caught in a bind. When census officials knock on his door, he must choose between two identities that dictate his life: his Dalit caste…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1033+ words) Amid peak consumerism season, I prayed for ways to teach my children about selfless giving. Three years ago, I declared to my five children, "There will be no gifts for Christmas this year." "But why, Mom? I already promised my…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1022+ words) Yonat Shimron - Religion News Service The 1230-foot storage unit in a Raleigh, North Carolina, suburb is crammed full of chairs, tables, mattresses, lamps, pots and pans. Most of its contents will soon be hauled off to two apartments that'Welcome House…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1237+ words) Ken Chitwood in Eisenach, Germany Some once committed to nonviolence see rearmament as a necessary deterrent. People at a 'Light for Ukraine' vigil in Poland in February 2023. Given the fear of further Russian aggression, some German Christians want to do…...

1+ year, 19+ hour ago  (1138+ words) The Resurrection isn't just a message you deliver. It's a daily reality you receive, especially when ministry leaves you tired or anxious. Will & Deni Mc Intyre / Getty Images It was the Monday after Easter. Like many pastors, I woke up…...