With the Australia bushfires spreading, the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) is sending two groups of crisis-trained chaplains to the states of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) to offer emotional and spiritual care. At least 28 people have been killed due to the blaze. More than 2,200 homes have burned and 26 million acres destroyed.
You’ve seen the headlines about military attacks and spiraling political conflict. It can all be scary and unnerving. Some days it seems the threats and violence are only getting worse, with no end in sight. With all the civil unrest going on, is another war inevitable?
Three crisis-trained Canadian Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplains will be traveling to Australia to help Australian chaplains provide spiritual and emotional aid to people who have lost their homes and possessions to catastrophic wildfires.
Crisis-trained Canadian chaplains to provide prayer and compassionate encouragement
Part of Billy Graham’s legacy centered on searching the Bible for answers to life’s toughest questions. Here are the top 10 questions people explored on BillyGraham.ca during 2019.
More than 13,000 hear the Gospel during the Quinte Celebration of Hope.
Our manger scene tradition seems to always prompt questions. “Did the baby Jesus get cold in the manger?” “Did Mary and Joseph have a blanket to cover Him, or were the swaddling clothes warm enough?” One recent Christmas one of my nieces asked the most profound question yet: “Uncle Alex, why did Jesus come?”
As we come to the end of 2019, many of us are reflecting back on the last 12 months. For some, 2019 was wonderful. New life came in. There were new opportunities. For others, it was a mediocre year—nothing grand, nothing terrible. Maybe for you, it was a year of pain and disappointment.
What does Christmas mean to you today? As we think back to Bethlehem—the birthplace of Christ, the city of the King, the city of royalty, the city where David was born and grew up—we must notice some of the people who were involved in the Christmas story.
