'Retired' hip-hop artist drops beat after years break
After taking a break from his music career to focus on his faith and education, Manitoba artist Nick Betzing has released a sample beat to remind people of the reason for the season.
Minnesota couple opens hearts and home to 17 children, many with special needs
Shantel Dudley wears many hats. She is a motivational speaker, founder of the Real Life Women’s Conference, and a wife and a mom of 17 children, some through birth, some through marriage and some through adoption.
After experiencing abuse growing up, Shantel felt called to help the broken and hurting.
Clinging to faith through loss of child and multiple cancer diagnoses
Cancer, it's a word we hope to never hear in our lifetime, but for Dan Epp-Tiessen and his family, it's a word they heard regularly.
Holy Family Trail unites Coptic holy sites where Jesus travelled
Egypt is developing the "Holy Family Trail," a pilgrimage of sites from Jesus’ infancy to his wandering in the desert, hoping to revive its tourist industry battered by two years of COVID-19 travel restrictions.
Christmas arrives one day late in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, Christmas provides the perfect opportunity to spread the Good News!
“We like to use special occasions like Christmas to reach out to our neighbors. There are 100 [people living] around our church; they’re all Muslim and some Hindus,” Pastor Mushi says.
Pastor Mushi and his church will celebrate Christmas together on Sunday. Then, they have a special event planned for Monday, December 26.
In Mexico, posadas bring early Christmas spirit, community
For Miguel Zadquiel, the secret to staying in step as he dances at the front of the annual Christmastime procession through his neighbourhood is in the bass drum.
“For every sound it makes, I move one foot, then another one, then I jump around, then I move my shoulders,” he said.
Emotional Chosen episode on healing and disabilities has people talking
New episodes of The Chosen, season three are being released each week and episode two packs a punch with a scene about healing that has gone viral.
Jordan Walker Ross is the actor that depicts one of Jesus' disciples in the TV series, 'Little James.' In episode two of season three, Little James asks Jesus a pertinent question, in essence, 'Why have you not healed me?'
Ross himself has scoliosis, minor cerebral palsy, and a limp. His character walks with a limp in the show, causing the scene to be even more impactful in relation to Ross's own health.
Lebanon celebrates Christmas despite economic crisis
The country of Lebanon has been in economic crisis for months and yet a ministry is bringing Christmas cheer, a little more like the first Christmas, to the people in need.
Christmas finds Lebanon in a dire economic situation. Corruption in the government has created what the World Bank calls a “deliberate depression.”
How much do you know about Christmas? The myths and facts of Christmas
A Christmas quiz at an office Christmas party changed the research path for one historian.
Dr. Gerry Bowler was interested in making the quiz both challenging and intriguing for his colleagues, so he started researching the different facts and myths surrounding Christmas.
Women in the Bible: Relating to Mary this Christmas
Women in the Bible are often forgotten about, but Marina Hofman is bringing women front and centre in her new book, Women in the Bible: Small Group Bible Study.
Marina has a powerful story of God rescuing her life after a serious car crash and delivering her from anxiety. She says the women in the Bible helped her overcome the challenges she faced following that incident.