Joy like a mountain: How God helped Talasi Guerra overcome anorexia and depression
Talasi Guerra is a Christian author and communicator who is passionate about infusing Jesus into her everyday life and empowering others to do the same.
Having travelled across the globe to spread a message of hope, nothing excites Talasi more than watching a “light-bulb moment” happen. But it wasn't always that way.
For years, Talasi battled with anorexia and depression. She ran as far away from God as she possibly could.
Rick Warren's last sermon at Saddleback was his first
One of North America's best-known pastors has preached his final sermon at the church he started with his wife 43 years ago.
"You're going to make me cry. Have I told you lately that I love you?" Rick Warren said to the applauding congregation ahead of his final sermon at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.
Jews and Christians enjoy new VR, multimedia exhibits in Jerusalem's Old City
The variety of hi-tech religious attractions beckoning Jewish and Christian visitors and pilgrims to Jerusalem keeps getting richer.
Relient K apologizes for 20-year-old song
One of Christian pop-punk's most beloved bands recently created a new social media account just to apologize for a song released in 2003.
In early August a TikTok user, @kirbymacks, posted a video with Relient K's "Mood Rings" playing in the background. The text over the video says "Therapy isn't enough. I need Christian punk band Relient K to apologize for this song from 2003. What in the evangelical misogyny???"
Terry Mattingly: Why are hit worship songs so different from the Psalms?
Why are hit worship songs so different from the Psalms? Should we be incorporating more hymns into our churches?
Crazy joy: Finding wild happiness in a world that's upside down
Mary Katherine Backstrom is best known for her viral videos, candid writing and laughter. What most people often forget is that underneath all of that, MK struggles with multiple diagnoses of mental health, including anxiety and depression.
"I am somewhat known for my hysterical laughter and silly, lighthearted antics, and so I have often gotten the question and the comments on my Facebook page and social media asking, how are you so happy all the time? And this book that I've written, Crazy Joy, is an answer to that question because it was bothering me."
God is captain on new emergency response boat
Hutterian Emergency Aquatic Response Team (HEART) announces the completion of its new boat and praises God for providing them with the new equipment.
On August 29, the HEART Team announced on Facebook that their new boat, the Stabicraft 2500 ultracab XL has been completed and is ready to get on the water to save lives.
The boat took more than 20 months to complete and was put together with the help of many people and organizations that offered donations, parts and tools and time.
Lethal persecution on the rise in Nigeria
Violent persecution is casting a bloody shadow across Nigeria, and Christians and other religious minorities are suffering brutal consequences.
From undercover narcotic agent to federal prison: How Norm Wielsch found healing in God
As a police officer for 25 years, Norm Wielsch witnessed his share of trauma and would later fall into a downward spiral following his diagnosis of PTSD. He served 8 years of a 14-year sentence on corruption charges and emerged from federal prison determined to help others — particularly first responders — heal from trauma.