By Christy Barritt Global Prayer Vigil for Saeed Abedini A global prayer vigil for Saeed Abedini has been planned for this Friday, September 26. The event falls on the second anniversary of Abedini’s imprisonment in Iraq. Abedini is the Iranian-American who was arrested because of his faith while building an orphanage in the Iraqi […]
By David Faust NFL quarterbacks and senior ministers have something in common: Both of them get more credit than they deserve when things go well, and more blame than they deserve when things go wrong. Consider how we treat God. He is the giver of every “good and perfect gift” (James 1:17). Jesus compared […]
By Jacqueline J. Holness Although I attended church and Sunday school probably since a few days after I was born, it was not until I was a sixth grader that I began to love and appreciate the Bible. At that time my church formed a Bible Bowl team; as the minister’s daughter, of course […]
By Christy Barritt Homeless Find Innovative Shelters in Vancouver A Vancouver charity found a unique way to help the area’s homeless: they converted city benches into pop-up shelters. RainCity Housing specializes in accommodation and support services for homeless people in Vancouver. They created park benches that provide places for people to wait for a […]
By Sam E. Stone Despite all that was going on around them, the people of Israel still had reason for hope. This month’s studies in the book of Jeremiah explain why they could have such confidence that much better days were ahead. Many years before this time, God had given the land of Canaan—the […]
