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By Ashlie Miller When was the last time you were gobsmacked by love as a recipient or by learning of someone else’s love for another? I’m not talking about another predictable Hallmark love story or a ...

Royal changes In September 2022, millions of people around the world mourned Queen Elizabeth II’s death. But the end of her 70-year-long reign as the British monarch forced change beyond Princes ...

Are you a Man after God’s own heart? Are you willing to make sacrifices in your life in order to become the man God wants you to be? In Psalm 1, we see the seven marks of a Godly man. * His life is ...

The provocation we receive from today’s reading is not an indictment but an invitation. We are forgetful simply because we are human. I believe this image of God’s grieved heart offers us a chance to ...

If you live in the Bible belt long enough, certain phrases keeps arising that help us describe our faith but with which, honestly, we have to be careful lest such simplicity skew biblical truth.

What keeps you from loving others the way you, yourself, crave to be loved? And conversely, what’s lacking in your life (or more accurately, in your heart) that keeps you ...

Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary.

Racheal Otuoma trevelled to Siaya county and visisted her hubby Ezekiel's final resting place. She was overcome with emotions ...

As we sing praises for God’s constant supply of spiritual good, healing happens.

Former NFL fullback Heath Evans explained how he came to realize he wasn’t living a Christian life when he thought he ...

LAST MAN STANDING’s Nancy Travis is revealing a subtle “inside joke” placed in a recent episode of SHIFTING GEARS she guest starred in.