Our social media mocking hasn’t gotten us closer to what it really means to live in God’s favor. Social media has a way of hijacking perfectly good words. One years-old hostage is blessed, now ...

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This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. I want to tell you a story about my uncle. My uncle is a missionary kid in Pakistan and like myself he was a bit of a ...

There is currently considerable discussion about whether it is possible to bless persons in same-sex unions. In light of this, it can be useful to step back and take a look at the topic of blessings ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the holiest days on the Christian calendar, Easter falls on March 31 this year. If you observe the holiday, chances are ...

What does it mean to be blessed? It’s not hard to find other people claiming to be “#blessed” on social media these days as they share good things going on in their lives. It can be challenging to see ...

It was a simple message that might well have been delivered from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica by humble Pope Francis. But the venue was a school in New York City, and the speaker was Christine ...

For us in the United States, we are approaching the time we set aside to be thankful for all that we have been given and all we have been blessed with in our lives. November is the time we seem to ...

When Sister Anna Koop blessed a same-sex couple 15 years ago, it seemed natural to do so. The couple — one a friend of Koop's — were very much in love, and "Jesus did not say love was confined," said ...