Australia mourns 10 wedding guests killed in bus accident
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia on Tuesday mourned the 10 people who were killed when a chartered bus carrying wedding guests rolled over at a roundabout, the country’s worst bus accident in three decades. Residents placed flowers near the crash site and gathered for a candlelight vigil at a church in the rural Hunter region in New […]
Prayer is a beautiful thing
I know some atheists laugh at people of faith like me for praying – like there is any scientific evidence that prayers are answered on a cause and effect basis (there are some interesting studies on prayer, but that’s for another time). PICTURE: Jon Tyson/Unsplash But you know what – to sit in a community with […]
Women in leadership: In a last-ditch effort, longtime Southern Baptist churches expelled for women pastors fight to stay
PETER SMITH, of Associated Press, reports ahead of this week’s annual gathering of the Southern Baptist Convention…
In the US, reparations campaign takes new forms with Bible study, Juneteenth march
United StatesRNS The long campaign for reparations for slavery in the United States has taken numerous forms. Members of Congress have supported a commission to study the matter. Pastor Les Robinson interacts with members of the congregation at The Sanctuary Church on Sunday, 14th May, 2023, in Santa Clarita, California. For Black Californians who have […]
Essay: Chad on the brink – how the war in Sudan hurts its fragile neighbour
In an article first published on The Conversation, political scientist and expert in ethnic and religious conflict, HELGA DICKOW, looks at the strain the conflict in Sudan is putting on neighbouring Chad…
Militias attack camp for displaced in Congo’s Ituri, over 45 killed
Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters More than 45 civilians were killed in a militia attack on a camp for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province early on Monday, the United Nation’s peacekeeping mission said. The Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (CODECO) group, one of many militias operating in […]
Open Book: What do you see?
NILS VON KALM says the Gospel account of Jesus’ interaction with a man born blind – often known as “the healing of the man born blind” – is ultimately about how we see Jesus…
Eldest of rescued Colombian children pulled sister from plane wreckage
Bogota, ColombiaReuters The eldest of the four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in Colombia’s southern jungle after a plane crash pulled her youngest sibling from the wreckage, the children’s grandfather said on Monday. The children, aged one through 13, survived the 1st May crash that killed their mother and two […]