StrangeSights: Wise men head to the skies; San Francisco’s ‘Gingerlith’, and, a sword returned after 40 years…
DAVID ADAMS reports on the odder side of life…
More than 50 Hong Kong activists arrested under security law as crackdown intensifies – media
Hong Kong, ChinaReuters More than 50 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of violating the city’s national security law, local media reported, in the biggest crackdown yet against the opposition camp under the contentious new legislation. Police also arrived at the offices of pro-democracy online media outlet Stand News, according to […]
Flooding brings new woes to NYC church hard-hit by COVID-19
New YorkAP A Lutheran church in New York City already reeling from the COVID-19 deaths of more than 60 members of the congregation has suffered a new trauma: Severe flood damage from the rupture of a major municipal water main. The flooding caused significant damage Monday to the sanctuary and to basement-level rooms, including a […]
Australia to bring forward COVID-19 vaccine rollout plans
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia will bring forward by two weeks to early March its COVID-19 vaccine rollout plans, health authorities said on Wednesday as the country battles to contain fresh cases in its two largest cities. Australia has repeatedly resisted pressure to expedite its vaccination distribution time table citing low coronavirus cases in the country though […]
“This will make us poorer”: Pakistani metro brings uncertainty for displaced residents
SABRINA TOPPA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the plight of Lahore residents who are losing their homes to make way for a new train line which promises to cut pollution in the city…
Hillsong Dallas pastors, who helped start NYC location with Carl Lentz, resign
RNS The lead pastors of Hillsong Dallas church have resigned, adding to two months of transition and turmoil in the global megachurch. On Sunday, Reed Bogard announced his and his wife’s resignation in a prerecorded message that aired during the church’s streaming worship service. “The last 10 years of being in church planting mode has really taken […]
Essay: Ready to try an old approach to a New Year’s resolution? The story of St Ignatius may provide some guidance
In an article first published on The Conversation, GORDON RIXON, associate professor of systematic theology at Regis College, University of Toronto, looks at what the life of St Ignatius of Loyola can show us about providing a “practical journey” for change…