An encounter with God can change lives. Pastor Philip Pimlott believes that so much that two years ago, he changed the name of the HeartsEase Family Life Church in Baton Rouge to Encounter Church. “We ...

A child once described it as “the quiet when no one is mad anymore.” There’s a question that tends to show up not at the beginning of faith, but somewhere in the middle — after the recited prayers and ...

The confirmation class was learning about liturgy by dribbling basketballs in the sanctuary. I asked the kids, “Who can show us your free-throw routine?” Several hands shot up. Darcy came up and ...

RNS' Jonathan Merritt takes a journey to encounter the God of the Bible. Here are five surprising places he encourages you to do the same. A few years ago, I found myself in a time of profound ...

The Ark Encounter, an evangelical theme park located near Williamstown, Kentucky, has welcomed between 4 million and 5 million visitors since its opening in July 2016. Hundreds of thousands more are ...

Christians often ask why God does not speak to them, as they believed God did in former days. When I hear such questions, it always makes me think of the rabbi who was asked how it could be that God ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. There’s a question that tends to show up not at the beginning of faith, but somewhere ...

There’s a question that tends to show up not at the beginning of faith, but somewhere in the middle — after the recited prayers and Sunday school answers have begun to feel more like postcards from ...