CONVERSATIONS: JOEL MCKERROW, POET AND WRITER
Australian writer and poet Joel McKerrow is known for his impacting use of the creative arts. Here, the 35-year-old father of two shares about his wrestles with what it means to be a Christian, where he finds inspiration and his role as a TEAR ambassador…
Christians call for investigation into murders of Mexican priests
BosNewsLife (with reporting by STEFAN J BOS) Mexican authorities are under increasing pressure to investigate the murders of two Roman Catholic priests after a prosecutor suggested that the clergy’s deaths could be linked to their association with organised crime. Priests Iván Añorve Jaimes and Germain Muñiz Garcia were killed and four others injured when armed men […]
Sudan government demolishes church despite pending appeal
World Watch Monitor The demolished Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church in Haj Yousif. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor A church belonging to the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) denomination in the Khartoum suburb of Haj Yousif was demolished on Sunday. The police arrived with three lorries shortly after the Sunday morning service and confiscated furniture, Bibles and […]
ON THE SCREEN: ‘THREE BILLBOARDS’ A PROVOCATIVE EXPLORATION OF INJUSTICE
MARCUS CHEONG watches 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri…
Invest in migrants to avert ‘nuclear bomb’ of unrest in Europe, says EU official
Thomson Reuters Foundation After decades of spending on infrastructure to develop poorer parts of Europe, the European Union must invest in migrants to avert a “nuclear bomb” of civil unrest, a top EU official said. Armed with a war chest of €350 billion to spend by 2020 on its so-called cohesion policy, the European Union […]
Indian Catholic bishops reaffirm support of Dalits
Indian Catholic bishops have reaffirmed their support of the Dalits, also known as “untouchables”. Gathering in Bangalore for the assembly of the Indian Bishops’ Conference, Catholic news agency Fides reports that the bishops said the church should not only promote development programs and social inclusion of the Dalits, but is also called to a deeper understanding […]
SYRIA: ALEPPO BEGINS LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY
Writing for the World Watch Monitor, an unnamed worker with Christian charity Open Doors reports that the rebuilding of shattered, impoverished lives has been a slow process in Syria’s second city, but that it has presented the churches there with opportunities…
SIGHT-SEEING: POETRY AND THE BIBLE
BRIAN NIXON, in an article first published ASSIST News Service, looks at the connections between the Bible and poetry…