OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY: FAN INTO FLAME GOD’S GIFT
BRUCE C WEARNE continues his study of II Timothy with a look at some words encouragement for Timothy…
Uzbek teachers, nurses ‘forced’ to clean streets and harvest wheat
Thomson Reuters Foundation Nurses and teachers in Uzbekistan are being forced by officials to clean streets, plant trees and harvest wheat or face the sack, fines or pay cuts, despite a government drive to end state-imposed work, labour rights groups said on Thursday. Under international pressure, including boycotts by fashion giants, the Central Asian country […]
Religious leaders hope CAR peace deal will end church, mosque attacks
Nairobi, KenyaRNS The government of the Central African Republic and 14 rebel groups signed a peace agreement on Wednesday, raising hope for an end to one of Africa’s bloody and complex conflicts. Religious leaders hope the latest peace deal will bring an end to attacks on churches and mosques. In this 9th December, 2013, file photo, […]
Music Soundbite – TCM Update: Bethel’s ‘Victory’ on ARIA, Newsboys United, and Nathan Plumridge’s Freedom…
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HEALTH INSIGHT: HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF – ACCORDING TO SCIENCE
In an article first published on The Conversation, KEVIN DEIGHTON, reader in nutrition and metabolism at Leeds Beckett University in the UK, looks at what science tells us when it comes to losing weight…
Egyptian babies get blue ribbons as parents say ‘no’ to female genital mutilation
Thomson Reuters Foundation Doctors at two Cairo hospitals will pin blue ribbon badges to the clothing of newborn baby girls on Wednesday as they launch a campaign to persuade parents in Egypt to “say no to female genital mutilation”. The country has the highest number of women affected by FGM in the world, with nearly […]
More than six in 10 children lack access to welfare safety net – report
More than six in 10 children around the world lack access to a welfare safety net, according to a joint UN agency report released on Wednesday. The report from the International Labour Organization and UNICEF found that a welfare safety net exists for just 35 per cent of children overall but drops from 87 per […]
ROHINGYA CRISIS: AID WORKERS RACE TO BATTEN DOWN REFUGEE CAMP WITH NO SIGN OF CRISIS ENDING
BELINDA GOLDSMITH and NAIMUL KARIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report from Cox’s Bazar…
Salvation Army appeals for funding for response to Townsville floods in Australia
The Salvation Army has launched a new appeal for those affected by the floods in the far north of the Australian state of Queensland as well as those affected by bushfires in other states. In Townsville, which is experiencing its worst flooding on record, hundreds of homes have been inundated by floodwaters and some 200 […]
ESSAY: THERE ARE NO REAL EVANGELICALS. ONLY IMAGINED ONES
US history professor KRISTIN KOBES DU MEZ, in an article published by Religion News Service, writes about the, at times fraught, debate over the meaning of the word ‘evangelical’…