This month nearly half of all Americans will make New Year’s resolutions. However, if the past is any indication of the future, only eight percent will successfully keep them. When we fail to achieve our goals, it’s easy to point to external obstacles or blame a lack of willpower.

But what if the real culprit is a subtle form of self-sabotage?

Stephen Seamands, Ph.D, writes about his experience helping ministry students discover and pursue their callings in a recent issue of “Unfinished,” a publication of The Mission Society. Often, Seamands writes, feelings of self-rejection and negative internal messages prevent these young people from realizing their potential.

Sunday, February 14, has been declared a Day of Covenant Renewal in the Church of God, a day when wives and husbands can stand before God and renew their vows of fidelity to each other and to Him.

Next month, thousands of Christian media and ministry professionals will make their way to Proclaim 16, the NRB International Christian Media Convention in Nashville, TN, to make strategic connections, to acquire new resources, and to discover the latest tips, trends, and insights in their respective field of work.

The Bible App for Kids surpassed ten million downloads today. The app, which launched Thanksgiving Day 2013, leverages technology to actively engage children and youth with the Bible.

GOD TV is set to broadcast ‘Refugees #LoveYourNeighbor’ from January 22-31, a season focusing on the ongoing crisis and its horrific statistics as more people flee their homes due to conflict and persecution. The Network is airing programs that seek to find solutions to the crisis as well as motivate the Church to do more to help those who are hurting – emphasising that the Christian response should be one of faith and not fear.

Plans are underway for a major benevolent outreach to coincide with the 76th Church of God International General Assembly this July in Nashville, Tennessee.

I have yet to meet a church planter who hasn’t faced a growth barrier. I also haven’t met a church planter who is OK with that barrier holding them back from what God has placed in their heart.

Invoking prayer in politics is nothing new in America. It’s been an integral part of the process for Christians since long before George Washington went on bended knee on the banks of the Potomac.

Psalm 37 didn’t mean much to Tim Brown during either his college football career or his early days in the National Football League. If it had, Brown says he believes he would have saved himself—and many others—a world of grief.