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A Canadian ministry has become a place of comfort for California residents struggling to figure out what to do as wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles.

California residents have been flooding the phone lines of Crossroads Prayer Centre, based in Burlington, Ontario looking for spiritual comfort.

"In times of crisis, faith knows no borders," says Cheryl Weber, Director of Crossroads Cares in a press release. "Our Prayer Partners are providing crucial emotional and spiritual support to people who have lost everything."

Music runs in the family of the former guitarist of the Newsboys.

Bryan Olesen performed during Season 25 of The Voice, blowing away judges. 

Olesen sang One Republic's "Love Runs Out" during the blind audition and three of the four judges hit their buttons.

Following the critiques, the judges invited Olesen's daughter, Jadyn, to the stage. They were shocked to hear she was also a talented singer. They encouraged the pair to sing a quick duet and their performance shocked the judges. 

Grand Ole Opry and country music legend, Buck White has died. 

White, who is best known for founding the Whites, a band made up of himself and his two daughters, Sharon and Cheryl, died Monday morning. 

"The Lord answered our prayers and took our daddy, Buck White, home peacefully this morning at 8:00 a.m.," said his daughters in a post on social media. "We are so thankful for his 94 years on this earth."

After battling Dementia, the former founder of the well-known men's ministry, Promise Keepers, has gone to be with His maker. 

Bill McCartney passed away on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. 

"It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Bill McCartney, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, who left this world peacefully at the age of 84 after a courageous journey with Dementia," the family said in a statement. 

Tuesday, January 14, 2025: Due to rain in the area, all Eaglesham School buses are cancelled.

Nigeria replaces North Korea as the world’s worst persecutor of Christians, according to a new report from Global Christian Relief. The ministry’s Red List highlights the top five countries where killings, displacement, arrests, attacks, and abductions are most severe.

The events-based list aggregates data drawn from the Violent Incidents Database—an index documenting physical and non-physical religiously motivated violent incidents from November 2022 to November 2024.

For Manitoba's pulse and soybean growers, 2024 was a year of unexpected challenges and surprising success. Daryl Domitruk, Executive Director of the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG), reflected on the year, noting that early conditions didn’t inspire much optimism.

“Our crops went into cold, dry ground that quickly turned wet and stormy. We were bracing for a tough year,” Domitruk said.

1 John 4:20-21

"Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister."

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1 John 4:17–19

Each morning you awaken to an unpredictable set of hours filled with surprises and trials and anxieties. You know before your feet ever touch the floor you are in for another who-knows-what day. You could be in an accident on the freeway, fired from the job, the victim of a personal attack, mistreated, robbed, slandered, or threatened with a lawsuit. Sounds pretty bleak, but it’s true. Happens to hundreds like us daily. 

Recently, two Canadian artists got to team up and go on the road together. Matt LeFait and Dan Bremnes did multiple shows near the end of 2024, but leading up to it, LeFait said there was something scary happening. 

"It wasn't funny, but it was funny. We [Family] had pneumonia. That was August into September. And then we went on tour with Dan over some dates in October. And I was literally just getting my voice back. So it was kind of scary having multiple nights in a row. You really need to be careful. So it was a lot of prayer and water to get through."