Photographs byRena EffendiByJennifer HattamPublished November 30, 2020• 20 min readWhen the Church of St. Polyeuktus was completed in A.D. 527, it was likely the largest and most sumptuous house of worship in Constantinople. Built based on biblical descriptions of the Temple of Solomon, it was commissioned by Anicia…

This Christmas season may look different for many families.Some of us are putting travel plans on hold or are gathering in smaller groups than usual due to the pandemic. It’s been a challenging year for us all, so even though the pandemic has an effect on the holiday…

Thanks for sending us your favorite displays! EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – The holidays look and feel a little different this year, but not at these local homes! It takes hours of planning, programming and assembly to deck these halls, but once they’re done, folks from far and…

Regardless of recounts and recriminations, pandemics and panics, one inalterable truth remains from beginning to end – Christ is still King. This last Sunday was to be a celebration of that biblical fact for those of us who reckon according to the ancient calendar. But our temporal oligarchs…

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to gather with family and friends and reflect on the blessings of the last year. Many of us experience renewed hope and faith during the Thanksgiving holiday because we turn our eyes onto what is most important. What if we spent time each…

As an ordained minister in the Church of Uganda (a local church within the Anglican tradition), and especially as someone who spent two decades ministering through the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, I am often deeply troubled by what I see and experience of churches in Uganda, Africa,…

They drive 200km from Addis Ababa, trek across rolling hills, take off their shoes and enter single-sex areas, lining up for their turn to stand under the holy water. Some have come to ask for a child, others have illnesses that medicine can’t cure. A woman wails as…

A Prayer to Help You PersevereBy: Kristine Brown“As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.” – James 5:11Church attendance was down -…

It took a 3-by-3-by-3-foot wooden crate crammed with 8,268 pages of documents to launch this pilgrimage from Wichita, Kan., to Rome, Italy, and—with patience—hopefully, the Gates of Heaven. Inside was the life’s work of two priests separated by 57 years. The Rev. John Hotze signed the FedEx bill,…

(RNS) — For how much the Bible tells us what Jesus said and what he meant, it’s striking how little it tells us about his appearance. Based on his ethnicity and birthplace, he was almost certainly brown-skinned, with dark eyes and hair. He had a beard. But the…