Kinship With the Dead Doesn’t Have to Be Spooky
Last month I took my kids to visit a small family cemetery where my father and brother are buried. My 4-year-old, full of questions, had never seen a tombstone before. Her total ignorance reminded me that we live in a world where death exists mostly as an abstraction: We may ackn
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The Story Bible That Taught Me How to Teach Kids
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Pray: Minnesota Pastor and 3-Year-Old Son Killed in Devastating Accident
A Minnesota church community is grieving after a young pastor and his 3-year-old son were killed in a devastating interstate accident that left his pregnant wife seriously injured. Stephen Clayton, 31, a pastor at Becker Evangelical Free Church, and his son, David, died Oct. 12 w
School District Forced Kids to Hide Their Bibles, Then Families Fought Back
Elementary school students returning from Bible instruction were told to keep their Bibles and worksheets inside sealed envelopes. Now, their Washington school district has agreed to publicly apologize, provide religious liberty training and pay $275,000 in attorney’s fees, accor
Calvary Chapel Pastor and Wife Killed Outside Home, Leaving 2 Teenage Children
Two teenagers are mourning both parents after gunmen killed a Calvary Chapel pastor and his wife outside their home in Irapuato, Mexico, shortly after he officiated a funeral. Ángel González, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Irapuato in Guanajuato state, and his wife, Irán Montes,
‘One of a Kind’ Pastor Serving in Trump Administration Dies at Age 47
Pastor Benjamin Graham, the great-nephew of Rev. Billy Graham, passed away on Wednesday after a battle with cancer. Pastor Roy Fields announced the death of Graham, 47, on Facebook. “Ben was led by the Holy Spirit. He loved Jesus, loved his family, and loved people,” Fields wrote
Why the Seated Jesus Is Good News for Parents
Jesus’s heavenly dominion is the best news for my parenting, and for my children too.
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Nigel Farage’s asylum plan ‘betrays Britain’s proud history’ says senior Bishop
One of the UK’s most senior Bishops has warned that Nigel Farage’s proposed asylum ban “betrays Britain’s proud history”. The Right Reverend Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Chelmsford, told The Mirror that a plan to shut down the asylum system for five years, as proposed by th
Archbishop of York’s address to the Perth Synod
16 October 2026 “Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” Matthew 18. 20 Probably misquoting – and from memory – and certainly adding my own spin and spittle – I remember Rowan Williams once saying that the Church is ‘that bunch of women and men who hav
Archdiocese of Denver Statement on Fr. Ripperger
October 19, 2026 Archdiocese of Denver Statement on Fr. Ripperger Archbishop Golka recently met with Fr. Chad Ripperger to discuss his ministry and his community, the Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother. During that conversation, the Archbishop asked Fr. Ripperger to consider a
Bishops of the Council of Churches in East Asia meet in Seoul
The Diocese of Seoul in the Anglican Church of Korea has hosted the bishops’ meeting of the Council of Churches in East Asia (CCEA). The CCEA gathers church leaders from Anglican traditions together every year, with member churches rotating the host role. This year, the meeting a
South Korea Kidnaps American Christian, Ex-Diplomat Who Dared to Criticize Nation’s President While on US Soil
South Korea — a country that owes its entire existence to the United States — has decided to try a former ambassador from President Donald Trump’s first term on criminal defamation charges relating to comments he made about the country’s president while in the United States. Mors
Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes Elects Christopher Klukas as Bishop Coadjutor
The Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes (ADGL) has elected the Very Rev. Christopher M. Klukas as Bishop Coadjutor on the first ballot, following a prayerful search and election process conducted in accordance with the diocese’s Constitution and Canons and the newly adopted Custo
Yesterday’s Environmentalists Were Christians. Tomorrow’s Will Be, Too.
In the last 25 years, 40 million Americans have stopped attending church—the largest religious exodus in American history. Researchers have identified many reasons for this decline, but one thread runs through them: a generation that cares deeply about the world around them does
Euthanizing a Toddler Is Not Compassionate
A couple in the Netherlands euthanized their toddler. I read the headline again, sure I’d missed a keyword. I had not. A child with the same diagnosis (and similar disabilities) as my own daughter, Eliza, had died—not from natural causes or a horrific accident but by choice. Her
