An encounter with God can change lives. Pastor Philip Pimlott believes that so much that two years ago, he changed the name of the HeartsEase Family Life Church in Baton Rouge to Encounter Church. “We ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A child once described it as “the quiet when no one is mad anymore.” (Getty Images) There’s a question that tends to show up not ...

The confirmation class was learning about liturgy by dribbling basketballs in the sanctuary. I asked the kids, “Who can show us your free-throw routine?” Several hands shot up. Darcy came up and ...

Recently, I had the unique opportunity to experience a men’s silent retreat at the Carmelite Monastery in Alhambra, California. It was an irreplaceable spiritual exercise — a profound encounter with ...

Profound religious experiences are linked to lasting mental health benefits, new research suggests. In a survey study of more than 4000 individuals, those who reported having profound personal ...

Christians often ask why God does not speak to them, as they believed God did in former days. When I hear such questions, it always makes me think of the rabbi who was asked how it could be that God ...

From scriptures, we understand that every child of God is a child of destiny. Not just any kind of destiny, but a glorious destiny (Romans 8:29-30). Furthermore, we discover in scriptures that every ...

The Intercontinental Evangelist of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Johnson Oluwatomisin Kalejaiye (widely known as J.T. Kalejaiye) has urged Christians to remain hopeful in ...

Chris Quilala was part of a youth group band in the 1990s that went on to lead a youth conference in 1999. From that start, Jesus Culture held more conferences, recorded albums and started a church.