THIS LIFE: WHAT NATURE CAN TEACH ABOUT GOD’S CREATION
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at what the changing of seasons can show us…
Turkey’s Protestant Christians ‘feel stronger’ after trauma of Brunson case
World Watch Monitor Turkey’s tiny Christian community has “emerged stronger” from the high-profile trauma of evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson’s highly contested imprisonment and trial, according to a spokesman for Turkey’s Protestant Christians. The US pastor’s two-year ordeal culminated in a Turkish court’s decision on 12th October for his release and departure to the United States. “It feels […]
Eugene Peterson, author of ‘The Message’ and pastor to other pastors, dies at age 85
RNS Eugene Peterson, the best-selling author of The Message and longtime pastor praised as a “shepherd’s shepherd,” passed away Monday morning at age 85. Among Peterson’s last words were, “Let’s go,” according to a statement from his family. “During the previous days, it was apparent that he was navigating the thin and sacred space between earth and heaven,” […]
With smog season looming, Pakistan shuts polluting brick kilns
Thomson Reuters Foundation To combat worsening smog, Pakistan’s government has ordered all traditional brick kilns closed for 70 days starting Saturday, as it promotes new cleaner kilns that could cut pollution up to 70 per cent. But the measure has produced an outcry both from kiln owners, who want incentives to make the switch, and […]
Nobel laureate urges end to impunity on rape as weapon of war
Thomson Reuters Foundation The Congolese doctor who won this year’s Nobel peace prize has called on the world to end rape as a weapon of war, saying a “system of impunity” still prevails in many of the worst-affected countries. Denis Mukwege, joint winner of the prize with Nadia Murad, a Yazidi survivor of sexual slavery […]
ESSAY: THE NATIONAL APOLOGY TO VICTIMS OF INSTITUTIONAL CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATTERS. HERE’S WHY
In an article first published on The Conversation, DARYL HIGGINS, director of the Institute of Child Protection Studies at Australian Catholic University, reflects on why a national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse is an important moment…
Breaking – Australian PM delivers national apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse
Last updated 12.20pmAustralia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has delivered a national apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse in the nation’s Federal Parliament. “Silenced voices. Muffled cries in the darkness. Unacknowledged tears. The tyranny of invisible suffering. The never-heard pleas of tortured souls bewildered by an indifference to the unthinkable theft of […]