In celebration of Mother's Day (May 13), Living Waters for the World, a humanitarian clean water organization, has launched a unique donor e-card. Using Flash-based technology in a slideshow format, the system allows donors to personalize the card in honor of the mothers in their lives, while donating to Living Waters for the World in their honor.

Despite emotional protests and fierce lobbying from gay rights groups, United Methodists voted on Thursday (May 2) to maintain their denomination’s stance that homosexual acts are “incompatible with Christian teaching.”

A May 12 webinar hopes to bring together hundreds of people from around the world to share ideas on issues including climate change, sustainable development, eco-justice and theology.

The Rev. Pendleton Peery, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Shreveport, La., is the featured preacher May 13 on “Day 1” with host Peter Wallace, the nationally syndicated ecumenical radio program also accessible online at Day1.org.

As pedestrians walked along the river Seine in Paris on a recent balmy Sunday, they could hear soaring music coming from a boat moored quayside in the Bercy neighborhood.

The curious who crossed the metal gangplank to peek inside the vessel saw an energetic singer and a pianist, both dressed in white, and a bass player and saxophonist dressed in black. The quartet were performers at a “Gospel brunch,” the latest example of the popularity of gospel music in France.

Raymond Moody has spent nearly 40 years looking forward, trying to understand what happens when people die. That pursuit led to the publication of Life After Life in 1975, a seminal collection that actually coined the term “near-death experience.”

Brett Faucett, Presbyterian, registered nurse and amateur photographer, is more comfortable being behind the scenes than the point of focus. It was that type of behind-the-scenes role that he initially sought out in his ministry as a mission co-worker with the Church of Christ in Thailand’s AIDS Ministry (CAM).

Nothing is sacred about your religion when it comes to getting a state identification card without a photo.

Belief in God is slowly declining in most countries around the world, according to a new poll, but the truest of the true believers can still be found in developing countries and Catholic societies.

Wherever in the world Rear Admiral Mark Tidd wakes up, he loves to tell the story of “the great things our service members are doing and the privilege that it is to serve as a chaplain to them.”

A highly decorated 28-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Tidd has served since September 2010 as chief of Navy chaplains.