SIGHT-SEEING: GOD RESTED. WHY CAN’T CLERGY TAKE A BREAK?
In an article first published by Religion News Service, Rev LAURA EVERETT, a United Church of Christ pastor in the US city of Boston and is executive director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, looks at the importance of rest for clergy…
Koala mittens and joey pouches: Australian bushfires spark global knitting frenzy
Reuters Knitting needles are clicking furiously around the world to create hundreds of protective pouches and blankets for native wildlife made homeless by Australian wildfires that have razed large swathes of bushland. The Animal Rescue Craft Guild said on Monday it has been deluged with offers of help after putting out a call for volunteers […]
Record number of trafficking victims in Thailand raises concerns over care
Bangkpok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Thailand rescued a record 1,807 victims of human trafficking last year, according to data that campaigners on Monday said raised concerns about the nation’s ability to support survivors. The number of victims soared from 622 in 2018, while the previous high was 982 in 2015, the government data showed. About 60 […]
‘1917’ upsets Hollywood awards season as Globes host Gervais goes for broke
Beverly Hills, California, USReuters World War I movie 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, set in 1960s Tinseltown, won the top movie prizes at the Golden Globes on Sunday on a night packed with upsets and hot-button issues at the start of Hollywood’s awards season. 1917 was named best drama and took best […]
US “digital Billy Grahams” calling a million young people to fast and pray in new decade
ASSIST News Service A group of evangelists who use their social media platforms as a modern age pulpit-for-the-masses are calling on a million young people to fast and pray at the beginning of the new decade and throughout 2020. “The call for one million young people to fast and pray is historic but must not […]
Strip searches and ads: 10 tech and privacy hot spots for 2020
Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation From whether governments should use facial recognition for surveillance to what data internet giants should be allowed to collect, 2019 was marked by a heated global debate around privacy and technology. Visitors are seen on a screen displaying facial recognition technology at the Consumer Electronics Show Asia 2019 in Shanghai, China, […]
Rain brings brief respite in Australian bushfire crisis (plus – how you can help)
Reuters A second day of light rain brought relief for firefighters battling bushfires that have killed 24 people across southeastern Australia, but hot, windy conditions are expected to return later in the week, officials warned on Monday. Sooty rain came down all along the coast, from Sydney all the way to Melbourne, with temperatures much […]
US POLITICS: PRESIDENT LAUNCHES ‘EVANGELICALS FOR TRUMP’ IN VISIT TO MEGACHURCH LED BY A LATINO PASTOR
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on support for US President Donald Trump among Latino evangelicals as a megachurch led by a Latino pastor hosts the launch of the ‘Evangelicals for Trump’ initiative…
Memorial for Reinhard Bonnke, German evangelist known as ‘The Billy Graham of Africa,’ draws thousands
Orlando, FloridaRNS Reinhard Bonnke, the German evangelist known as “The Billy Graham of Africa,” was lauded at a Saturday memorial service as “a giant and a general in the army of God.” The Pentecostal pastor died on 7th December at the age of 79 in Orlando, where he moved his international ministry, Christ for All […]
ESSAY: VIKINGS DIDN’T JUST MURDER MONKS AND PILLAGE MONASTERIES – THEY HELPED SPREAD CHRISTIANITY TOO
In an article first published on The Conversation, CAITLIN ELLIS, of the University of Oxford, looks at the “key role” Vikings played in the spread of Christianity…