In the US, Rev Al Sharpton delivers eulogy after police killing of Patrick Lyoya
RNS Rev Al Sharpton reminded mourners that Black people are created in God’s image at the funeral of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Friday. “We were created in the image of God,” Sharpton said in his eulogy on 22nd April. “When you see us, you are seeing what God put together. And […]
CROSSING GENERATIONAL BOUNDARIES: ‘NUNS & NONES’ HELPS MILLENNIALS FIND SURPRISE SOULMATES IN CATHOLIC SISTERS
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports from Grand Rapids, Michigan…
US preacher plumbs the art of the sermon by yielding the pulpit to passers-by
Grand Rapids, MichiganRNS A pulpit is often regarded as a sacred and in many ways exclusive space. Most religions allow only the ordained to speak to congregants from this place. Ordinary voices seldom have access to the power of the pulpit. Steve Norman wants to change that. Steve Norman, seated, created ‘The Preachers’ art exhibit for […]