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It’s been more than a year since artificial intelligence—especially generative artificial intelligence—took over technology news.

With those four words, my son sent me on a journey of self-reflection.

As my pedals whir, I listen. Do I hear the trees groaning? Is that a heavy sigh on the wind? If it’s groaning I hear, I can relate.

Sixty to 70 girls in grades three to five have participated each year in Kalamazoo (Mich.) Christian School’s parent-led program.

The Crosby-Schoyen Codex, written on papyrus in the Coptic language, contains the oldest complete version of the First Epistle of Peter. It’s up for auction this month.

Classis Southeast U.S. supports ministry efforts in its member churches with a mini-grant fund, thanks to the investment of resources from churches that came before.

This book won’t tell you what to believe, but it aims to change the way you engage with disagreement.

Faith-based film starring Hilary Swank offers deep pathos and hope.

Poland has fallen under Nazi occupation, and 12-year-old Lidia begins to smuggle wheat and food to the Jewish people held captive in the Warsaw Ghetto.

After years of witnessing the celebration, Haudenosaunee people began to adopt the celebration of their Dutch neighbors.

The American Council of Education has launched a 13-member Commission on Faith-based Colleges and Universities.

More than 30 years ago, Jessie stood in her wedding dress, exchanging vows with her beloved Martin at an evangelical church.

This glowing and playful picture book, winner of the 2023 Caldecott Medal, features an overheated—and overwhelmed—pup who finds his calm with some sea, sand, and fresh air.

Faith-based band Apollo LTD releases its first album in three years, an ode to God-given meaning in our human journey.

A friend with a serious illness recovered quickly. He believes that God miraculously healed him. Medical websites say some people with that illness naturally recover quickly. Should I tell him?

I used to be the kind of person who inadvertently killed any houseplant to cross our threshold.

Got something to say to synod? A lot of people (or councils or classes) have had a lot to share in the past five years

One of the things I love about music is that it affects us more at the heart level. Music tends to make us feel.

Regardless of how righteous and benevolent our requests are, petition is still just one small aspect of prayer that often gets treated as the whole.

A soaring tale of wonder, loss, redemption, and restoration from Cheryl Grey Bostrom, the award-winning author of Sugar Birds.

The true story of Dr. Ming Wang, a Chinese immigrant who defies all odds to become a world-renowned eye surgeon. Dr. Wang sets out to restore the sight of a blind orphan.

The collective voices in this book argue that there is underappreciated beauty, diversity, joy, benefit, and place for the Asian American church

Since the mid-2000s, the nones—Americans who claim no religion—have been the fastest-growing segment of the religious landscape. But that growth might be slowing.