ESSAY: WHEN THE HOMELESS AND MENTALLY ILL WANDER INTO CHURCH
DAVID GUSHEE, in an article first published by Religion News Service, grapples with how to respond when vulnerable people such as the homeless or mentally ill come into church…
Muslim refugees to US are declining as Christians overtake them
RNS Syrian refugees line up to receive aid for the winter from the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, in late 2015. PICTURE: Omar Ibrahim/Reuters Christians made up the majority of refugees admitted to the US in the first five full months of the Trump administration, reversing a trend that saw Muslims […]
STRANGESIGHTS: PPAP SONG ADAPTED FOR SDGS; A 221-YEAR-OLD VINTAGE; AND, AN UNUSUAL ARTIST…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Beheaded Kenyans belonged to local church
World Watch Monitor A number of the nine Kenyan men beheaded by Islamist militants al-Shabaab on 11th July belonged to a local church, local sources told World Watch Monitor. One witness, Johnson Kitsao, told The Washington Post earlier the attackers were “specifically looking for non-Muslim men”. The attack took place late in the evening in the Jima and Poromoko […]
SIGHT-SEEING: OF INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP
CHRIS MURDOCH, of Opportunity International Australia, reflects on what exceptional leadership is all about…
Protestant churches embrace gluten-free bread for Communion as Vatican reaffirms ban
RNS While the Roman Catholic world digests a Vatican letter confirming the church’s prohibition on gluten-free wafers, Protestant churches continue to place orders for a Eucharist that won’t bother the gluten-intolerant. Gluten or no gluten – the difference is theological. Communion wafers and wine. PICTURE: Creative Commons/John Snyder Protestant churches generally do not subscribe […]
LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW
Looking out the window of a jet plane and seeing the Matchbox-like cars driving below, it’s amazing to realise that in each of those cars is an individual, couple or family with an intricately complex life. Loves, hates, hurts, as important as mine – more important. View from on high. PICTURE: Mitchell Orr/Unsplash They have […]
PHILIPPINES: “MARAWI WAR IS NOT A RELIGIOUS CONFLICT”, SAY CATHOLIC BISHOPS
World Watch Monitor reports…