‘Pandemic’ chosen as Word of the Year
New York City, USReuters The 2020 prize for Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year went to an obvious choice: pandemic. The term had the most online dictionary lookups of any word, Merriam-Webster said on its website, after a year in which at least 1.4 million people globally have died from the COVID-19 pandemic. People walk beneath […]
Isolation antidote
During these current times loneliness and isolation have been a big danger, but they are at any time. PICTURE: Sean Quillen/Unsplash What if you could be part of a community that got you out of bed once or twice a week? Invited you to serve others and care for the stranger. Gave you a purpose […]
“Even survival is difficult”: Afghans fleeing upsurge in violence face cold welcome in Kabul
STEFANIE GLINSKI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports how, as violence increases in many parts of Afghanistan, people have flowed towards the capital of Kabul where they are confronting a harsh winter ahead without basic necessities…
Progressive United Methodists announce new denomination: Liberation Methodist Connexion
RNS A group of progressive United Methodists announced on Sunday they are forming a new Methodist denomination, the Liberation Methodist Connexion, or LMX. For half a century, the United Methodist Church has debated the full inclusion of its LGBTQ members. It pushed any discussion of sexuality from its quadrennial General Conference meeting in 2016 to a […]
Essay: How a gift can make a difference to those like Satya this Christmas
SU WEBER, a volunteer with Dignity Freedom Network, reflects on the difference a gift to can make to the lives of some of India’s most vulnerable…