THIS LIFE: HOW TO OVERCOME A STAGNANT FAITH
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reflects on the importance of avoiding stagnation in our Christian life…
Rising hunger pushes Congo’s children into sex work and mines – charities
Thomson Reuters Foundation Hunger has doubled in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a year, with 15 million people in need of food aid, pushing children into sex work and mining, charities said on Tuesday. Many farmers are too scared to tend their fields in north-eastern Congo, where some of the worst fighting in years […]
1000 days since kidnap of 84 year old doctor in Burkina Faso: family plea for freedom
World Watch Monitor It’s more than 1,000 days now since an Australian doctor, Ken Elliott, was kidnapped in Djibo, Burkina Faso, on 15th January, 2016. His abduction was claimed by the ‘Emirate of the Sahara’, a branch of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Dubbed ‘the Doctor of the Poor’, Dr Elliott was providing free treatment […]
Two Christian teachers killed by suspected al-Shabaab militants in northern Kenya
Suspected al-Shabaab militants killed two Christian teachers in northern Kenya last week, sources have told Morning Star News. The US-based news organisation reports that the miltants were believed to be behind an attack in which an improvised explosive device was detonated at a housing block where non-local teachers live in Mandera East, on Kenya’s border with […]
On your bike? Africa in a jam as “poor man’s transport” ignored
Thomson Reuters Foundation Bike sharing in African cities has lagged due to lack of dedicated lanes and the perception that cycling is for the poor, worsening traffic jams and pollution, experts said last week. Bike sharing has expanded across North America, Europe and Asia as authorities seek to boost the health of city residents and […]
Eugene Peterson, pastor and author of ‘The Message’, is under hospice care
RNS Eugene Peterson, the bestselling author of The Message and longtime pastor praised as a “shepherd’s shepherd”, is moving into hospice and receiving palliative medical care. Peterson, 85, was hospitalised on Tuesday, 9th October, “when he took a sudden and dramatic turn in his health caused by an infection,” according to an email from his son Eric […]
IN TUNE WITH GOD
Strumming my guitar helps me think about God. PICTURE: Jefferson Santos/Unsplash I reckon we are all like guitars. We were made to be in tune with God. When we are in tune we sound good, we can produce beautiful music. But when we are out of tune, the results are horrible and discordant. Unfortunately, guitars […]
US ELECTIONS: DATA MINING GETS RELIGION AS CAMPAIGNS TARGETS VOTERS OF FAITH
MENACHEM WECKER, of Religion News Service, reports on how people’s religion has become a target of data mining as candidates in the US look at gain an edge over opponents…
“Think and act ‘green’ in everything we do”, says WCC head in wake of latest climate change report
People have to “think and act ‘green’ in everything we do”, the head of the World Council of Churches has said in comments responding to a UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report released last week. In a statement, Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, said described the report – which showed that even […]
ESSAY: LIVES OF LOVE – POPE FRANCIS CANONISES POPE PAUL VI AND ARCHBISHOP ROMERO
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE reflects on Pope Francis’ decision to declare Pope Paul VI and martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero saints…