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In 2010, twenty-year-old Katie Davis left her comfortable life in Brentwood, Tennessee, and moved to Jinja, Uganda. She had felt the tug since childhood —...
In a small town, nestled between rolling hills and flowing streams, a church community found itself grappling with the weight of a pressing moral crisis: the climate emergency that threatens not only their environment but the very fabric of their...
In 2018, a stranger in Memphis walked into a kidney donation center and offered one of her kidneys to anyone who needed it. No specific...
In the heart of our bustling modern world, where the whispers of climate change echo through our cities and landscapes, we find ourselves in a narrative as ancient as time. Picture the Apostle Peter, standing on the rooftop in Joppa,...
As I sat in the quiet of my office, a colleague shared with me an astonishing story about a group of scientists who had gathered data from millions of sources to understand the complex web of life on our planet....
In December 2004, a man stood on Marina Beach in Chennai, India, and watched the Indian Ocean pull back hundreds of yards from the shore....
In our churches, mental health struggles often lie beneath the surface, like a calm lake hiding the turbulent waters below. Each of us knows someone, perhaps even ourselves, who grapples with anxiety, depression, or trauma, yet feels silenced by fear...
In 1646, Rembrandt van Rijn began what would become one of history's most celebrated paintings. But it was not until the final years of his...
For eleven years, the corner of Brewster and Fifth in Detroit's Brightmoor neighborhood was a scar — broken concrete, syringes, knee-high weeds choking out anything...
In the 1966 NCAA basketball championship, Texas Western's head coach Don Haskins made a decision that demanded extraordinary obedience from his players. Haskins started five...
In 1514, a Spanish priest named Bartolomé de las Casas stood in his church on the island of Hispaniola and read the words of Ecclesiasticus:...
In 1637, the Saxon town of Eilenburg was drowning. The Thirty Years' War had driven desperate refugees behind its walls, and then plague arrived. Bodies...
In the hill country of Tuscany, outside the village of Montalcino, there is a tradition that dates back centuries. When a family celebrates a wedding,...
In 1987, a development company offered Raymond Watts three times the market value for his sixty-acre tobacco farm outside Lexington, Kentucky. When he refused, things...
In 2015, Judge Victoria Pratt presided over Newark Community Solutions Court in New Jersey — a courtroom where most defendants were homeless, addicted, or trapped...
In a vibrant neighborhood marked by a mosaic of cultures and languages, there was a small community church that took on the mission of embracing the diversity around them. They began by hosting a monthly potluck, inviting everyone to bring...
Imagine a small church nestled in the heart of a bustling town, where the sound of laughter and the smell of fresh soil mingle as the community gathers for “Green Sunday.” David, a passionate youth leader, stands at the helm...
In our rapidly changing world, where artificial intelligence increasingly permeates every aspect of our lives, the tension between technology and human dignity becomes palpable. Imagine a single mother named Sarah, working tirelessly to provide for her two children. She spends...
Imagine a church nestled in the sun-soaked hills of California, where the air is steeped in the scent of orange blossoms and the vibrant community pulses with life. This isn't just any church; it's a beacon of hope and action...
On a Tuesday in March 2023, seven-year-old Marcus Rivera of San Antonio stood in front of his second-grade class and read a full sentence out...
On Christmas Day, 1989, less than seven weeks after the Berlin Wall crumbled, Leonard Bernstein stood before an orchestra unlike any the world had seen....
Every driver knows the moment. Google Maps tells you to exit the highway three miles early and turn down a road you have never seen....
There’s a small garden plot behind the house of a dear friend, Sarah, who found herself overwhelmed after her father passed away. She decided to plant a few seeds—tomatoes, basil, and a mix of wildflowers—as a way to remember him...
In the winter of 1944, Dietrich Bonhoeffer sat in a concrete cell in Tegel Prison, Berlin, and wrote the poem that would outlast his captors....