Swiss church bells toll as women pray and march for equality
Via World Council of Churches When church bells tolled at the 11th hour on 14th June, they were signalling solidarity with a national “strike” for women’s equality held throughout Switzerland with full backing from the ecumenical community, including the World Council of Churches. At 11am on Friday, prayers were held in the chapel at the […]
THIS LIFE: CLEAN YOUR HOUSE AND RENEW YOUR SPIRIT
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reflects on clean houses – and clean hearts…
OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S GALATIAN LETTER: BELIEVING THE PROMISE AND FORSAKING FOOLISHNESS, PART IV
BRUCE C WEARNE continues his examination of Galatians, chapter three…
Southern Baptist historic gavel a reminder of racist legacy
Birmingham, Alabama, USRNS When the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention opens, a little-noticed ritual usually occurs. An SBC executive hands a gavel to the person elected president the previous June. That act officially opens the meeting. Southern Baptist Convention President JD Greear brings the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention to order […]
ESSAY: MOST SOUTHERN BAPTIST WOMEN WOULD WELCOME A WOMAN PASTOR. IT’S UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN
Against the backdrop of the Southern Baptist’s annual meeting being held in the US this week, RYAN BURGE, a political science teacher at Eastern Illinois University and co-founder of Religion in Public, looks – in an article first published on Religion News Service – at beliefs about women preachers…
SIGHT-SEEING: THE STRUGGLE TO FIND SILENCE – IN THE ANCIENT WORLD AND NOW
In an article first published on The Conversation, KIM HAINES-EITZEN, of Cornell University in the US, looks at our ongoing quest for silence and how it helped shape the development of the monastic lifestyle…
FREEDOM AND BOREDOM
I’ve been saying heaps about freedom recently. Let’s make this one personal. PICTURE: Obayda PH/Unsplash. We usually understand freedom to mean doing whatever we want. Now I get to live by that at times during my week. On my days off, I often decide I’m going to do whatever I want! It usually means I end […]
CHURCH BUILDINGS: IN ST LOUIS, FORMER HOUSES OF WORSHIP ARE RETOOLED TO MEET THE CITY’S NEED
BILL MOTCHAN, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how former churches and synagogues in the US city of St Louis are being repurposed…
THIS LIFE: PRAYING FOR OTHERS IS A PRIVILEGE
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reflects on the privilege of prayer…
Southern Baptist president says racial insensitivity shows disregard for the Gospel
Birmingham, Alabama, USRNS Speaking at a black church Sunday in a city that is nearly 75 per cent African American, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, JD Greear, said white Christians who are racially insensitive are disregarding the Gospel. “I do not need to tell this church the church of the West has had […]