REFORMATION 500: HERE HE STOOD – LUTHERAN PILGRIMS TRAVEL TO GERMANY FOR ANNIVERSARY
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER reports from Germany for Religion News Service…
OPEN BOOK – HINTS FROM THE SPIRIT OF HOLINESS: LAST LEG
BRUCE C WEARNE, in his series on Acts, looks at what Luke says about the final stage of Paul’s journey to Rome…
Coptic girl, 16, rescued 92 days after Islamists kidnapped her in Egypt
World Watch Monitor A 16-year-old Coptic Christian girl kidnapped on 28th June to be “converted to Islam, then married off or sold”, was released and returned to her family on 30th September after police found her and arrested her kidnappers in a city just outside Cairo. Marilyn was recovered from a city named 10th of Ramadan, […]
Newly found tomb may be final resting place of St Nick, say Turkish archaeologists
A previously unknown tomb – which Turkish archaeologists say may contain the remains of St Nicholas, believed to be the inspiration for Santa Claus – has been discovered beneath the mosaic covered floor of a church in Turkey. The church where the tomb is located is in Demre, previously known as Myra, in the province of […]
Major companies fail to disclose slavery risks, say UK experts
Thomson Reuters Foundation Some of the world’s top brands including confectioners, jewellers and cosmetics giants, are failing to disclose slavery and trafficking risks in their operations and supply chains, British anti-slavery experts said on Wednesday. Under Britain’s 2015 Modern Slavery Act, all businesses with a turnover of more than £36 million must produce an annual […]
DESERT CROSSING: MATT NAPIER’S MISSION TO CHANGE THE WORLD, ONE STEP AT A TIME
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Matt Napier about his recent walk across southern Africa’s Namib Desert and how he and his wife Wendy are trying to make a difference to the lives of the world’s poorest…