OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY: COMING TO THE END, LOOKING FORWARD
BRUCE C WEARNE in his examination of II Timothy looks at a passage which carries with it a sense of a “baton change” as Paul, reaching the end of his race, hands over to Timothy…
African cyclone survivors risk ‘second wave’ of loss with disease threat
Thompson Reuters Foundation At least half a million survivors of a powerful cyclone in southeast Africa are at risk of fatal diseases, from cholera and dysentery to malaria, aid workers warned on Thursday, as rescue teams struggled to reach flood-hit communities. Packing wind speeds of up to 170 kph, Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique’s port city […]
Quick facts: Enough water to go round? Not without fairer sharing
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Water use has been increasing worldwide by about one per cent a year since the 1980s and researchers expect it to rise a further 20 to 30 per cent from today’s level by 2050. Demand has surged in developing countries and emerging economies, but water use per person in most of […]
Australian Christian Lobby urges Lord’s Prayer to be kept as part of state parliament proceedings
The Australian Christian Lobby has expressed concern over calls for the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer to be removed from the daily opening of Parliament in the state of Victoria, urging that the century old tradition to be retained. The idea of dropping the prayer from the formal proceedings opening which precede each day’s parliamentary […]
Drug gangs drive huge rise in UK child slavery cases
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Modern slavery cases involving British children doubled in 2018 as criminal gangs exploit and use more young people to deal drugs, the National Crime Agency said on Wednesday. The number of suspected British child slaves referred to the government last year for support rose to 1,421 – from 676 in 2017 – […]
Prayer postcards spark debate over faith and privacy in US city of Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee, USRNS A group of Nashville churches decided recently to pray for every resident in their Bible Belt city. Then they sent out postcards to everyone on their prayer list. A pair of postcards sent by participants in a church outreach called Awaken Nashville. PICTURE: Courtesy of Heidi Hall Some folks saw the prayers […]
Growing pains in Ethiopia: film spotlights hidden cost of urban growth
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Living in a tool shed on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, 10-year-old Asalif Tewold straddles a unique space between modernity and tradition. In his short life, he has lived on a rural farm and in the shadows of a towering condominium complex – learning how to dodge dangerous hyenas and land developers […]
POLLUTION: ASIA’S COAL ADDICTION PUTS CHOKEHOLD ON ITS AIR-POLLUTED CITIES
With air pollution killing about seven million people prematurely worldwide every year, MICHAEL TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how worsening air pollution in Asian cities is contributing to the problem…
ON THE SCREEN: ‘CAMP MANNA’ ALL ABOUT THE FUNNY – BUT WITH SOMETHING OF A HIGHER PURPOSE AS WELL
DAVID ADAMS watches the US comedy about Christian summer camps, ‘Camp Manna’…
Updated: US chain LifeWay to close all stores in 2019
Last updated: 22nd March, 2019RNS LifeWay Christian Resources announced on Wednesday it will close all 170 of its brick-and-mortar stores in the US this year. That comes as LifeWay, the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, shifts its resources online, according to the announcement on LifeWay’s Facts & Trends website. It will continue to offer resources […]