The Benefits of 'Talking to Yourself'

"One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody's listening," Franklin P. Jones once said. Now a new study shows that talking ...

Brainwashed by Jesus or the World?

A friend of mine described the reaction when he went home, as a young teenager, and announced to his mother that he'd become a Christian. Alarmed, she ...

God Can 'Revirginize' Sexual Sinners

Perhaps your sexual purity is like a ship that sailed away long ago. But when we turn to God, there is always hope for a new beginning.

Author Ronald Rolheiser ...

Farmer Uses Mold to Make 'Pumpkinsteins'

There are heads growing on Tony Dighera's farm, and they're not made of lettuce. They're called "pumpkinsteins," and they look a lot like the Frankenstein ...

More Than a Book Club

A book club started in a prison by volunteers is still helping men recently released from becoming repeat offenders. Many of the men who joined "Free ...

1968 Letter Decried too Much Violence on TV

On April 4th, 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Two months later (June 6th), Robert F. Kennedy was also shot and killed. That very ...

The Slow Path to Sexual Addiction

A few years ago I met with a church member who was struggling with sexual sin with his girlfriend, as well as a porn habit. We talked through a variety ...

There's a Person Down the Road—It's You

Richard S. Halverson, the former U.S. Senate Chaplain, used to challenge people with the following image:

You're going to meet an old man [or woman] someday ...

The News Stories We Really Read

A study from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism asked thousands of people around the world what sort of news was most important to them. ...

Stats on Americans' TV Viewing Habits

In a nationwide 2014 survey Barna found the following stats about Americans' TV viewing habits:

• 74 percent of Americans turn on their TV everyday
• 5 percent don't watch any TV