Prayer Stories

From the night of April 18 to the morning of April 19, 2020, a lone gunman shot and killed 22 people in the small province of Nova Scotia. This became the largest ever massacre in Canada’s history.

Carmen Louie is a COVID-19 frontline worker, serving as a cashier at Donald’s Market in East Vancouver, British Columbia. Like many grocery stores, safety measures have been put in place, and it’s changed the way she works. She protects herself by wearing a mask and gloves. And social distancing measures have moved long customer lines outside the store entrance.

When Melissa Pressley resigned from the NYC Law Department, it wouldn’t be long until she would lose every material asset she owned, including her income, pensions, and life savings. Although her material wealth had evaporated, her faith had not. Melissa knew there was still hope in prayer.

It was a chaotic March 2020 evening in the ER when I saw the growing concern on the faces of the nursing staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, when suddenly a directive was put in place for immediate lock-down and visitors were turned away at the doors.

In a world where technology should meet every aspect of our day-to-day needs, there remains something it cannot replace, something that can bring physical and psychological well-being, fill the void within, relieve stress and give us hope. It’s free and doesn’t even require a Wi-Fi connection, and the good news is that the more you do it, the greater its effect: It’s Crossroads 24/7 prayer lines.

In a world where technology should meet every aspect of our day-to-day needs, there remains something it cannot replace, something that can bring physical and psychological well-being, fill the void within, relieve stress and give us hope. It’s free and doesn’t even require a Wi-Fi connection, and the good news is that the more you do it, the greater its effect: It’s Crossroads 24/7 prayer lines.

How this scientist’s life-altering diagnosis wasn’t the end of the road — but the start of a life-changing faith journey.

Life at the Prayer Centre is not for the faint of heart. Every day we hear from people from all over Canada and the world who have gone from utterly distressed…

Underneath Father Ronald Angervil’s peaceful and lighthearted demeanor lies an authentically horrifying story that revolves around trusting God in life’s most desperate circumstances…

Praise the Lord that our prayer lines are making a difference in the lives of so many across the nation. No other media organization in Canada has this kind of reach — and we have people like you to thank for that.