Study Links Washing Hands to Guilt

Researchers at the University of Toronto published data that suggests people experience "a powerful urge to wash themselves" when suffering ...

Child Prays for Abusive Uncle

Heidi Neumark, pastor of Transfiguration Lutheran Church in the South Bronx, writes:

Because of visitation to their homes and because of our open doors ...

Air Purifiers Can Pollute Houses

In May of 2006, the Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association published a study conducted by the National Science Foundation on the side effects ...

Washing Our Sins

Roger Barrier writes in Listening to the Voice of God:

When I left for college, my mother—who'd always done my laundry—sewed a canvas duffel ...

Augustine on Confession

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

Frederick Buechner on Anger

Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue ...

Compassionate Victim Shows Mercy to Teen

Victoria Ruvolo, 45, of Lake Ronkonkoma, New York, was selected as the "Most Inspiring Person of 2005" by Beliefnet, and for good reason. Victoria ...

"American Idol" Finalist Forgives Offense

Mandisa Hundley, gospel singer and one of the 12 finalists on the TV show American Idol, met with judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson ...

Brawling Hockey Player Learns Meaning of Pardon

Several years ago I heard Bob Sheffield of the Navigators tell a moving story of what it means to receive God's forgiveness. Before he became a Christian, ...

Being Chosen

Soccer season was starting once again. This year my tiny, 35-pound, 5-year-old daughter would be playing Micro-League for the Bombers. As we walked to ...