and blessed are those who listen to this prophetic message and heed what is written in it, for the appointed time is near.” “Praise Song for the Day” is a poem written by Elizabeth Alexander and ...

As we reflect on the readings this morning, I think it is important to remind ourselves of the context within which we are listening. First of all we go back to the fact that over these past weeks, ...

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Under the sobering headline, “A Time of Judgment and Purification,” Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Renewal Ministries published a decades-old message in its July newsletter that seemed eerily timely. “My ...

Over the last years, the interrelation of religion and politics in Ghana has come to be a very divisive matter, especially in light of the making of prophetic statements by Christian pastors and ...