CONVERSATIONS: KRISTEN BARNETT, CHILDREN’S AUTHOR
Drawing on her own experiences as a parent and hospital volunteer, US writer Kristen Barnett is the author of a new series of books aimed at helping adults talk through real life scenarios like bullying with children who may be facing difficult situations. She speaks with DAVID ADAMS…
UN says Rohingya refugee girls sold into forced labour in Bangladesh
Thomson Reuters Foundation Rohingya refugee girls are being sold into forced labour to raise money for desperate families in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh, according to the United Nations’ migration agency. The International Organization for Migration said it had identified 99 cases of human trafficking during the year starting September, 2017, although it cautioned that the true number […]
In Sudan, 13 Christians arrested in Darfur; another church told to hand over property
World Watch Monitor Sudanese security officials arrested 13 Christians in the western region of Darfur on Saturday. The Christians were taken from a home they share in the city of Nyala, southwest Darfur, by officials belonging to the National Intelligence and Security Services but it is not clear on what charges, a local source told World […]
STRANGESIGHTS: US EMBASSY’S CATTY MESSAGE; A GIANT HAMMER GOES WALKABOUT; AND, OVERDUE LIBRARY BOOK RETURNED
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
Survey shows US evangelicals “deeply confused” about core Christian beliefs, say researchers
A new survey shows US evangelicals are confused about some core doctrines of the Christian faith, according to researchers. A LifeWay Research poll, commissioned for Ligonier Ministries‘ two yearly The State of Theology report, found that more than half evangelicals believe most people are basically good, that God accepts worship of all religions and that Jesus […]
Cambodia construction boom built on “blood bricks” and slavery – report
Phnom Penh, CambodiaThomson Reuters Foundation Cambodia’s construction boom is built in part with “blood bricks” manufactured by modern-day slaves, including children, researchers said on Tuesday. Poverty fuelled partly by climate change has pushed tens of thousands of Cambodian families into bonded labour, making bricks for buildings in the capital, Phnom Penh, according to a report […]
Plate of beans too costly for some as conflict sends food costs rocketing
Thomson Reuters Foundation A plate of beans can cost the equivalent of hundreds of dollars in some poor countries as conflict and political instability send food costs spiralling, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Millions of people are going hungry and skyrocketing costs mean a meal can cost up to two days’ wages for some, […]
‘RAISE YOUR VOICE’: AUTHOR KATHY KHANG ON WHY CHRISTIANS NEED TO SPEAK UP – ON POLITICS AND EVERYTHING ELSE
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, writing for Religion News Service, talks to US author Kathy Khang about her latest book on speaking up…
Leah Sharibu kept as slave, aid worker killed as ‘apostate,’ in Nigeria, report says
Morning Star News Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has killed an aid worker as an “apostate” from Islam and vowed to keep kidnapped high school girl Leah Sharibu as a “slave for life,” Nigerian news outlet The Cable reported. Leah, kidnapped along with more than 100 schoolgirls from Dapchi, Yobe state in February but not […]
ESSAY: HOW HOWARD THURMAN CAN HELP CHRISTIANS HEAL THEIR POLITICAL DIVIDES
US author and president of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, JEMAR TISBY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how lessons from the writings of black minister and theologian Howard Thurman could help broach partisan divides among Christians in the US…