US Vice President Mike Pence roots administration’s support for Israel in faith
RNS Vice President Mike Pence addresses the annual summit of Christians United for Israel in Washington, DC, on Monday. PICTURE: CUFI. US Vice President Mike Pence told evangelical supporters of Israel that God had a hand in creating the state of Israel and that his support for the country is rooted in his faith. […]
More than half of UK don’t believe word ‘extreme’ is helpful in social and political discussions, poll finds
More than half of the British public think using the word ‘extreme’ is not helpful in social and political discussions, according to a poll commissioned by the Evangelical Alliance and a coalition of organisations in the UK. The ComRes research showed that 54 per cent of people think the word ‘extreme’ is not a helpful […]
MIGRATION CRISIS: WORLD VISION AUSTRALIA FOCUSES ATTENTION ON DISPLACED PEOPLE WITH ‘BACKPACK CHALLENGE’
DAVID ADAMS reports on how World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine is being adapted into a ‘Backpack Challenge’ this year to focus attention on the world’s migration crisis…
In the US, north-east cities rate most secular
RNS ‘Top 10 Most Post-Christian Cities in America’. GRAPHIC: Barna Residents of Portland and Auburn, Maine, aren’t just living in the far Northeast. They’re in the most “post-Christian” part of the country. So says Barna Group, a California-based firm that conducts research for businesses and Christian institutions. Researchers opted for a different way of measuring […]
USELESS KIDS?
A while back, we decided it was time our kids learnt to help in the kitchen. I asked my son to peel the carrots. He said he didn’t know how to peel carrots. What skills have you passed on to your kids? PICTURE: Patti Adair/www.freeimages.com I said, “How can you not know how to peel […]
SIGHT-SEEING: WHY I DON’T HAVE A BUCKET LIST
NILS VON KALM writes about how he’s come to the realisation that life is not about experiences but about being…