NORTH KOREA: FREED PASTOR HYEON SOO LIM WELCOMED HOME WITH ‘JOYFUL CRYING’
PAUL ESTABROOKS, in an article first published on World Watch Monitor, reports…
Thousands of faith leaders ask US Congress to protect Johnson Amendment
RNS Advocates and clergy deliver letters from faith leaders to Congress to keep the Johnson Amendment intact, in Washington, D.C. PICTURE: Americans United More than 4,000 religious leaders have signed a letter urging the US Congress to maintain the Johnson Amendment, a law barring pulpit politicking that President Donald Trump has vowed to gut. “As […]
ESSAY: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS MORE COMPLEX THAN THE YES CAMPAIGN ADMITS
In an article first published by Australia’s ABC, PETER KURTI, research fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies, argues that legalising same-sex marriage is far more complex than just changing a few words in an Act of Parliament…
STRANGESIGHTS: A GIANT OMELETTE; HUNDREDS OF PIKACHU CONVERGE ON YOKOHAMA; AND, NARROW HOMES…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Jharkhand the latest Indian state to pass ‘anti-conversion bill’
World Watch Monitor The Indian state of Jharkhand passed an “anti-conversion bill” at its Assembly meeting on 12th August, despite demands that the bill should be sent to a select committee for further scrutiny. “This is not normal,” Indian journalist Anto Akkara told World Watch Monitor. “It shows the growing arrogance of the Hindu nationalists.” […]
SIGHT-SEEING: THE HALL OF MIRRORS AND RADICAL INDIVIDUALISM
In an article first published by Ethos – the EA (Evangelical Alliance) Centre for Christianity and Society, PETER CORNEY, vicar emeritus of St Hilary’s Church in Kew, Melbourne, looks at our “perpetual preoccupation” with self…