Articles

Our News & Special Projects Editor looks at the phenomenon called groupthink—and finds some spiritual insights that help break through the fog of automatic mass thinking.
Ideas are all around us—if only we're prepared to look for them.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Parents, take heart

PARENTS WHO STUDY THE BIBLE are likely to be familiar with the proverb, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it".

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A transforming trek

For this couple from Australia, what began as a humanitarian effort to help people thousands of miles away, turned into an adventure in spiritual growth and healing.
Mom and daughter connections . . . everyday stuff and global events—there's a higher order, and a way to find it.

My friend Rob

When this writer launched out one morning prepared to follow God's leading, an amazing series of events resulted.

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Shared reflections

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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IN 21ST-CENTURY WARFARE, images can be as devastating as bombs.

COMPASSION-what it really means to love people

According to the Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond, "Compassion is one of those things that make the world go round."
Ron Ballard tells about a woman who came to him for help.

That marvel medicine—compassion

A clinical psychologist and a Christian Science practitioner each explore the potent healing capability of compassion.

Bach PLAYED COOL

The next in our continuing series on what church membership can do for you, your neighbor, and the world.

'On your marks ... '

Sometimes the tension television viewers feel seems almost to match that endured by participants in the Olympic Games.