God never tries to overwhelm us. More than anyone else, God respects our freedom. God lies everywhere, inside us and around ...

Bethel Music is a Christian music collective that started in 2001 at Bethel Church in Redding, California. Founded by Brian and Jenn Johnson, the organization’s primary goal is to create worship music ...

In 1961, weeks after graduating from high school, James Finley rose one morning before dawn and left a note. In defiance of his father, who had refused to allow him to leave, he boarded a bus for the ...

I had a hard time coming up with a theme for this column, but then, while fixing lunch, I got, “God’s Presence.” So let’s talk about this and see if ...

Walter Wangerin, a widely recognized writer on the issues of faith and spirituality, wrote: “The difference between shallow happiness and a deep, sustaining joy is sorrow. Happiness lives where sorrow ...

The loudest noise in British music last week was 28-year-old Harold Fielding. He hoped to do for classical music what Henry Ford did for the automobile. And he aimed to do it with imported U.S. stars.

Raised Presbyterian, neuroscientist John C. Wathey started to question his religious faith in his early teens. His book, The Illusion of God’s Presence: The Biological Origins of Spiritual Longing ...

Columns share an author’s personal perspective. Dear Pastor, Once we feel the tangible presence of God, why is it still so easy to walk away? A: Anything can be taken for granted, my friend, even the ...