If you're like most Americans, you know the words to the popular Christmas song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," but you may not realize what the Christmas meaning is. It can seem as if Christmas is over all too quickly ...

Category: Holidays and Observances Religion Christianity

As the third most populous city in America, Chicago offers a great deal of culture to the more than 52 million annual visitors. It's been named the "Best Sports City" in the United States three different times, as it has ...

Category: Religion

Jerusalem is often considered one of the holiest cities, not only by Christians and Jews, but those of the Islamic faith as well. During one period in history, the city was thought to be the center of the world. Jews oft ...

Category: Religion

As a youth pastor, you probably desire to have lots of teenagers in your youth group. Even if you are starting out small, you likely want to see the numbers grow. While you know that it isn't necessarily the number of pe ...

Category: Religion School

When you hear someone has cancer or some other serious disease, you most likely offer prayer, perhaps arrange a meal train, and ask them if there is anything you can do. You might post on your social media page asking ot ...

Category: Health and Wellness Religion

In this day and age, social media can be used for just about anything. It's great not only for keeping in touch with friends and family, but also for things like advertising and getting information about your business ou ...

Category: Online Ordination Religion Spirituality

Pope Francis just held a ceremony at Vatican City to canonize the sainthood of Mother Teresa. Tens of thousands of people were in the Vatican to attend the service, and it was streamed via online channels around the worl ...

Category: Online Ordination Religion Christianity

When you think of someone who is religious, you probably think of someone who has a specific set of beliefs, prays regularly, and likely attends a church or religious service at least once a week. Religion is generally p ...

Category: Health and Wellness Religion Spirituality

Unless you work in a church or other religious building, chances are you work with some people who have different religious beliefs. Perhaps you feel very passionate about your faith while some of your coworkers have no ...

Category: Online Ordination Religion

Religious persecution may not seem like something that is as common as it once was, but it is still a major problem worldwide. There are still many countries in which you can be persecuted or even executed for following ...

Category: Online Ordination Religion Social Justice