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Anne Lamott: \'I am a broken person and a resurrection person\'
Anne Lamott: 'I am a broken person and a resurrection person'

Best-selling American author Anne Lamott tells Christian Today why honesty is the key to healing.

Scottish Independence: Catholics may have the deciding vote
Scottish Independence: Catholics may have the deciding vote

The support of the Scottish Catholic Church could sway the referendum in favour of independence, says Professor Tom Devine.

Rob and Kristen Bell to release egalitarian marriage book
Rob and Kristen Bell to release egalitarian marriage book

American pastor and author Rob Bell is to release a book on marriage next month, which has already been held up as an alternative to Mark Driscoll's complementarian-based 'Real Marriage'.

Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide, released on bail
Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide, released on bail

Olympian and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013.

Obama: We will protect Christians from ISIS
Obama: We will protect Christians from ISIS

US President Barack Obama has promised to uphold his commitment to protecting religious minorities in the Middle East.

Country music group Lucy Angel sign on to new reality show
Country music group Lucy Angel sign on to new reality show

Country music group Lucy Angel sign on to new reality show

14-year-old boy charged after mimicking sex act with a Jesus statue and sharing the photos on Facebook
14-year-old boy charged after mimicking sex act with a Jesus statue and sharing the photos on Facebook

14-year-old boy charged after mimicking sex act with a Jesus statue and sharing the photos on Facebook

Satanists to use same space as church for \'black mass\'; church committed to speaking \'gracefully\' of the controversial group
Satanists to use same space as church for 'black mass'; church committed to speaking 'gracefully' of the controversial group

Satanists to use same space as church for 'black mass'; church committed to speaking 'gracefully' of the controversial group

Ray Rice and wife Janay \'baptized\' and getting more into the Christian faith after regretted punch incident in elevator
Ray Rice and wife Janay 'baptized' and getting more into the Christian faith after regretted punch incident in elevator

Ray Rice and wife Janay 'baptized' and getting into Christian faith after punch incident in elevator

Apollo Nida reports to prison while Phaedra Parks looks to Jesus
Apollo Nida reports to prison while Phaedra Parks looks to Jesus

Apollo Nida reports to prison while Phaedra Parks looks to Jesus

Just looking? Five celebs who \'found faith\' – and why we shouldn\'t heap the pressure on them
Just looking? Five celebs who 'found faith' – and why we shouldn't heap the pressure on them

Martin Saunders on five celebrities whose explorations of Christianity may not have been helped by being in the public eye.

Humanitarian aid must accompany military action against ISIS, says foreign affairs committee
Humanitarian aid must accompany military action against ISIS, says foreign affairs committee

Ahead of Obama's public address last night, a Foreign Affairs subcommittee emphasised the need for long-term aid to support religious minorities in Iraq and Syria.

Oscar Pistorius cleared of murder charges but awaits final verdict
Oscar Pistorius cleared of murder charges but awaits final verdict

Oscar Pistorius has today been acquitted of the murder charges against him for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013.

Texas death row inmate executed – \'I\'m going home to be with the Lord\'
Texas death row inmate executed – 'I'm going home to be with the Lord'

Willie Trottie, 45, was last night administered the lethal injection after his last minute appeals were rejected.

Sombre remembrance on 9/11 anniversary as US lays down strategy to 'destroy' ISIS

Barack Obama is prepared to launch air strikes against Isis militants in Syria

\'Wayward: The Prodigal Son\' - faith-based film inspired by the biblical parable coming to theatres soon
'Wayward: The Prodigal Son' - faith-based film inspired by the biblical parable coming to theatres soon

Faith-based film based on popular biblical parable, 'Wayward: The Prodigal Son' coming to theaters