SIGHT-SEEING: WHEN GRIEF HIDES IN THE CHURCH BATHROOM
Potawatomi author and speaker KAITLIN CURTICE, in an article first published by Religion News Service, says churches need to get better at sharing times of grief as well as celebration…
Ecumenical Jury awards Berlin film prize for portrayal of struggle with religious tradition
A film depicting a woman – Petrunya – who breaks church and social traditions by grabbing a cross thrown by an Orthodox priest into an icy river in an Epiphany ritual meant for young men has been awarded the prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 69th Berlinale film festival in the German capital. Announcing […]
United Nations moves to help combat sexual abuse in its ranks
Thomson Reuters Foundation The United Nations on Tuesday took steps to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse within its ranks, naming an array of experts to a panel aimed at ending incidents of harassment that have plagued the global agency for years. The panel will advise the UN Secretary-General on ways to address gender-based harassment and […]
BOOKS: POETIC INSIGHTS INTO THE SOUL
DAVID ADAMS lingers over Joel McKerrow and Zoe Boyle’s ‘Hollowed Out Lungs’…
Alexa responds to minister’s sermon, orders toilet paper
Oklahoma CityThe Christian Chronicle When Phil Brookman preaches, even Alexa listens – and dutifully obeys. Brookman, a minister for Memorial Road Church of Christ in Oklahoma City, was delivering a Sunday message from I Corinthians 12 when his sermon illustration nearly resulted in the purchase of $US28 worth of toilet paper. When a sermon illustration becomes a […]
STRANGESIGHTS: PETITION TO SELL MONTANA TO CANADA; EMOJIS FOR NUMBER PLATES; AND, COMIC BOOK GUY GIVES AWAY STORE…
DAVID ADAMS reports on the odder side of life…
In the US, Harvest announces executive committee will resign, more changes after MacDonald fired
Chicago, USRNS Harvest Bible Chapel, an embattled Chicago-area megachurch, announced this past weekend that the executive committee of its elders will resign. The resignations, which will take place over several months, came days after church elders fired James MacDonald, Harvest’s founding pastor. Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. PICTURE: Courtesy of Google Maps In a statement, the […]
US lapsed and non-Christians open to talking about faith with the non-judgemental but don’t see such a trait in Christians they know, research finds
Most lapsed and non-Christians say they would be open to talking about faith matters with someone who listens without judgement – but only 34 per cent say they see this trait in Christians they know personally, according to Barna Group research. The research, contained in a recent report, Reviving Evangelism, which the US-based organisation produced in […]
Southern Baptists should investigate churches that cover up abuse, says SBC president
Nashville, Tennessee, USRNS JD Greear, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said the denomination’s executive committee should immediately investigate 10 churches named in a report by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, including Second Baptist in Houston – one of the largest churches in the SBC. If any churches were found to have covered up abuse […]
FUTURE STYLES: COULD VIRTUAL CLOTHES REDUCE THE DAMAGE OF FAST FASHION?
SONIA ELKS, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, explores how technology is helping the fashion industry to become more sustainable…