Postcards: Black American families strive to build a town free from racism
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a bid to create a new community in central Georgia called Freedom…
Justin Bieber’s Easter surprise EP, ‘Freedom,’ adds to his Jesus-filled chapter
RNS Justin Bieber’s surprise Easter Sunday release, an EP titled Freedom and his most explicitly religious project to date, has raced to the second spot on the iTunes album chart, just two weeks after he released a full album, Justice. Complete with a “3:16” timestamp on the album cover – presumably a nod to the […]
On Ash Wednesday, Pope Francis says Lent is an “exodus from slavery to freedom”
Vatican CityRNS Pope Francis celebrated Ash Wednesday in St Peter’s Basilica, reminding faithful the Lenten period leading to Easter celebrations is a journey and “an exodus from slavery to freedom”. “Lent is a journey of return to God,” the Pope said during his homily on 17th February, to the socially distanced faithful attending the Mass. […]
Freedom
Another huge development in our move towards western democracy was this idea of freedom. Once freedom was only the domain of the rich. The rich owned and ruled others; freedom went with position. PICTURE: Kristina V/Unsplash Christian thinkers began to think through this idea of morality: ‘How can a person be guilty or good before God […]
FILM: HARRIET TUBMAN, IN MOVIE AND REAL LIFE, GUIDED BY FAITH IN FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on a new film telling the story iconic American figure Harriet Tubman and her fight against slavery…
OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S GALATIAN LETTER: CALLED TO FREEDOM
BRUCE C WEARNE untangles what Paul says about circumcision and freedom in Christ in chapter five of his letter to the Galatians…
FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY
When we talk about freedom being the ability to choose to do good and avoid evil – to choose to obey God rather than doing whatever we feel like, some wise people have linked responsibility to real freedom. People at the Sea of Galilee in Israel. True freedom means finding “happiness, satisfaction and freedom” in your responsibilities […]
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 […]
FREEDOM AND AVOIDING SIN
I’ve been talking about freedom recently, suggesting that freedom is not what we probably think – saying and doing whatever you want -but rather the ability to obey God; that is, do good and avoid sin. PICTURE: Julio Rionaldo/Unsplash Why do I think that? Think about that idea of avoiding sin. Sin is anything that hurts us and […]
FREEDOM AND A GOOD COACH
I’ve been arguing in a few of these spots that freedom, rather than being saying and doing whatever you want, is following or obeying the coach. PICTURE: Gift Habeshaw/Unsplash You only have to think of a football team to work this out. If the team doesn’t listen to the coach, no premiership! But you must have to […]