(RNS) — Friends, family and supporters of prominent Christian author Rachel Held Evans are pooling funds to help cover her medical expenses after she was hospitalized over… read more

In his Meditations of the Heart, Howard Thurman writes this regarding communion: "The central element in communion with God is the act of self-surrender... I surrender myself to… read more

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a great and famous leader of the Civil Rights Movement. On November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law. … read more

Many churches are into their fall stewardship campaign with a focus on getting members to pledge of their time, talent, and treasure for the upcoming year in order to develop a… read more

Widows in Scripture In Deuteronomy 24:17, God prohibits taking a widow’s cloak as collateral for a loan. The chapter continues in verse 19 by commanding farmers to leave… read more

For many of us, giving blood can be a nightmare: the needles, the smell, feeling light-headed — even though we know it is for a good cause. At the age of 14, after a… read more