My son has a hard road ahead, but the depths of his friendships and the breadth of our new support network have already ...

Faith encourages us to trust the process. Meditation and prayer connect us to ourselves and our source of strength. They ...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer didn’t choose to be a martyr. He simply tried, as many others did, to be decent in the face of evil. On the first day of the Republican National Convention, former President Donald ...

An engineered silence weighs heavily on the stillness of the empty streets in the centuries-old town of Sambhal, Uttar ...

December is a month of contrasts, where the cold air outside is often warmed by the glow of festive lights and the com ...

A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Very Rev Dr David Bruce.

The small dining/living room was stuffed with my eight aunts, seven uncles, Grandma and Grandpa, and my cousins. I think ...

Snowflakes drifted softly against the stained glass of the small chapel, their delicate patterns illuminated by the warm golden light within. The scent of pine and beeswax candles lingered in the air, ...

I have served on the pastoral staff of First Congregational Church of Western Springs for more than a dozen years. In that time, I’ve heard my colleague Rich recount the origin of our sanctuary dozens ...