by Kim Lawton | Jul 18, 2011 | News
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) For millennia, people have been trying to imagine what happens after death. Is there an afterlife, a heaven? Who gets in? And what happens to those who don’t? Books trying to provide answers to these age-old questions continue to be... by Kim Lawton | Mar 14, 2011 | News
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (RNS) This year’s Oscars may have been passed out, but for some churches across the country the major motion picture season is just getting started. Frustrated with the movies Hollywood has been releasing, more and more congregations are making... by Kim Lawton | Feb 14, 2011 | News
(RNS) Prominent Gospel singer and longtime Billy Graham associate George Beverly Shea will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards this weekend (Feb. 12) in Los Angeles. Shea will be honored along with several other Lifetime Achievement... by Kim Lawton | Jan 10, 2011 | News
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (RNS) Driving through downtown Port-au-Prince, it can be difficult at first to see much change from a year ago, when a devastating 7.0 earthquake devastated this impoverished island nation. The presidential palace is still in ruins, with... by Kim Lawton | Jan 4, 2008 | Opinion
(Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly) Christmas, despite what the calendar says, isn’t over. And the star–“star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright”–that shone over Bethlehem won’t go dim until it gets its proper...