Courtesy of Rebecca Gummere The day I was ordained as a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), I knelt on the hard brick steps of the seminary chapel and made promises to ...

My son is 17 and like all kids his age, he’s questioning the world around him, including our Catholic faith. In recent years, I’ve lost faith in our faith, and at times it’s been difficult to convey ...

I still get teary-eyed when I remember that day—standing at my mother’s doorstep, unable to speak through my tears. “Oh my goodness, are you okay?” she asked with immediate concern. I had lost ...

Donna Freitas hasn’t found Jesus on the other side of depression and trauma. But her search persists. Donna Freitas’s spiritual autobiography, Wishful Thinking: How I Lost My Faith and Why I Want to ...

I remember that day vividly. Walking up to my mother’s house with tears streaming down my face, I knocked on her door feeling utterly defeated. Everything I had worked for was gone. My wealth, my ...

HOLLAND — A former West Michigan pastor who left his church, and eventually his denomination, has written a book about his journey and faith. Keith Mannes was a pastor for more than 30 years before ...

Consider this: In Orange County, a place HarperNs described a couple of years ago as one of the two nexus points of American evangelical Christianity, neither the Los Angeles Times nor The Orange ...