Faith and technology have been combining over the last decade, and Christian leaders are taking notice. Bishop Christopher J. Coyne of Burlington, Vermont is active on social media, sharing his faith with his 13,000+ followers on Twitter alone. By 8 a.m. each day, his followers know the day’s saint, gospel reading, and latest news from…

In light of some heavy things that are happening in the world right now, the international holiday of World Kindness Day observed on November 13 couldn’t have come at a better time. Introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement, the day encourages people to overlook differences in race, religion, socioeconomic status, and the like…

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“We saw where Jesus Christ was laid down,” Father Isidoros Fakitsas, the superior of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, told me. “Before, nobody has.” Or at least nobody alive today. “We have the history, the tradition. Now we saw with our own eyes the actual burial place of Jesus Christ.” For only 60 short hours, the…

108 years was enough for the Chicago Cubs. On Wednesday evening in Game 7 of the World Series at Progressive Field, for the first time since 1908 the Cubs stood tall as the champions of baseball. The Cubs overcame the odds – fighting a series of blows from the Indians,  weathering a storm coming off…

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