Laughter can be a spiritual discipline — at least, so argues Jonathan Trotter in Relevant Magazine. His essay does not advocate a blind nor ignorant happiness, but happiness rooted in the Joy of Christ. Trotter …
Studies from the Schaeffer Institute say that 70 percent of pastors fight depression. Episcopal Bishop Robert Hirschfeld is one of those pastors, and he spent many years hiding his mental health struggles. Recently, however, in …
The American Evangelical movement — with its large Republican base — is facing a crisis of identity. Under the outgoing Trump administration, Evangelicals are increasingly associated with actions that run counter to Christian love and …
American megachurches have become more diverse over the last 20 years, with 58 percent of megachurches now qualifying as multiracial. The majority of congregants — 72 percent — are still white, though that percentage is …
Former football pro Tim Tebow — famed as much for his public displays of faith as his actual prowess on the field —has recently released a children’s book with the goal, he said, of evangelizing …
COVID restrictions have changed how many people attend worship, and have significantly boosted digital attendance across denominations. Cloned, County Meath, Ireland resident Nancy Stewart, 107, has been in lockdown since March. The centenarian and her …
As the medical community has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of conspiracy theories and misinformation campaigns about the vaccines being developed have propagated. In some instances, some anti-abortion pundits have — perhaps mistakenly …
The number of mixed-faith marriages in the United States is on the rise. By the mid twenty-teens, approximately one third of all couples getting married in the U.S. were composed of one Christian and one …
2020 has been a disaster in many ways. Religion in 2020 has been an unmitigated disaster. Religion News opinion writer Jacob Lupfer explores the myriad ways in which Bad Religion has prospered in 2020. Both …