Designed to carry
As humans we are pack animals. We’re designed to carry a pack, a burden, or a responsibility. PICTURE: Dmytro Matsiuk/Unsplash We crave for something to do that will give our life meaning and sustain us through suffering. Our base nature misleads us into thinking that avoiding responsibility or effort, is the easy path, the sure way to […]
Fleeing Afghanistan: Smugglers hike prices, expand networks after Taliban takeover
EMMA BATHA and BAHAAR JOYA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report that people smugglers are more than doubling fees for some routes as they cash in on an exodus fleeing the Taliban…
In two years, the United Church of Christ has paid off $US100 million in medical debt in the US
RNS The United Church of Christ has now paid off more than $US100 million in medical debt for people across the United States. The UCC announced on Monday that it used $US200,000 from one of its annual Giving Tuesday campaigns to purchase and pay off $US33 million in medical debt for residents of Ohio, where […]
Essay: How Biden’s faith-based office has advanced his vow to heal the soul of the nation
CHRIS COONS, a US Senator from Delaware, reflects – in an article first published on Religion News Service – on the first year of the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships following its re-establishment by US President Joe Biden…