More than a billion live on degraded land, at risk of hunger, says UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation More than 1.3 billion people live on agricultural land that is deteriorating, putting them at risk of worsening hunger, water shortages and poverty, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) said this week. People’s use of the earth’s natural reserves has doubled in the last 30 years. Now a third of […]
STRANGESIGHTS: CALL FOR UN TO RECOGNISE ‘TRASH ISLES’; FINN (THE DOG) RUNS FOR MAYOR; AND, A CORN(Y) TRIBUTE TO CARRIE FISHER…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Bones found in Rome point to St Peter but questions remain
The Church of Santa Maria in Cappella in Rome where the finds were discovered. PICTURE: Wikipedia Bone fragments which may have belonged to the apostle Peter have reportedly been founded in a Rome church during restoration works. The Telegraph reports that the bones were found in clay pots inside the 1,000-year-old Church of Santa Maria […]
APPS: A DAILY AID TO PUTTING GOD FIRST
DAVID ADAMS looks at ‘Refocus’…
Life in a fishbowl: survey gives voice to US pastors’ spouses
RNS Dorena Williamson, wife of Pastor Chris Williamson of Strong Tower Bible Church in Nashville, Tennessee, speaks at the Religion News Association meeting in Nashville. PICTURE: RNS photo/Adelle M Banks The vast majority of US Protestant pastors’ spouses say ministry has had a positive effect on their families but many report being isolated and under […]