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And now, the man who never had to pull the trigger in combat has pulled it here, from behind a governor’s desk, signing the ...

A Curious Celebration of Sickness and Death For at least three to four days, social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and others were abuzz with shocking content mdash;videos, posts, and memes ...

Jesus spoke of visiting the imprisoned and emphasized the worth of every soul. Latter-day Saint theology focuses on ...

Rachel Frederickson figured she’d come back from a mission-type trip in February to a poor area of rural southern Honduras ...

Understanding that the earth is the Lord’s and living in the light of this revelation calls us to gratitude, worship, ...

Pierce Brosnan and his journalist wife Keely Shaye Smith have been married for almost 24 years, and the couple are never ...

In Lent, we expect the sojourn through the desert, encountering spiritual heat, thirst, mirages that disappear as we draw ...

Good Friday confronts us with the cross – raw, real and heavy with the weight of human suffering. Yet, it’s not the end. Jesus’ cry of abandonment becomes a cry of trust: ‘Into your hands, I commend ...

B It has been 365 days since I received the call which changed my life forever. My beautiful Hawaiian princess, Fallen, had collapsed at her home. Her neighbor, Pierre, an Iraqi veteran who had always ...

However, there is another tradition that many Christians follow – that of tattooing. Historically, Easter was an important time for tattoos among some Christian groups. Today, Christian tattooing ...

One of our sons and his wife just had twin boys. They are home now but they spent two weeks in the neonatal intensive care ...