Faith at the fair: Clergy dish up meatball sundaes, pickle ice pops and a little faith at the Minnesota State Fair
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports from the Minnesota State Fair…
Welcoming the King: In the US, palm weaving workshops join faith, culture for Palm Sunday
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on the palm frond weaving workshops which take place in the lead-up to Palm Sunday…
Queen lauds Minnesota church’s century of Norwegian worship
Minneapolis, USAP Before attending the packed Sunday morning service, Queen Sonja of Norway praised Mindekirken congregation for having maintained worship in Norwegian for all 100 years that the church has existed in Minneapolis. “It’s extraordinary to realize that, one hundred years after, Mindekirken is still fulfilling that purpose” of building community and preserving culture and language, she […]
Wow!: US cities swap dead trees for new in circular economy for forests
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how US cities are working to mitigate the loss of urban trees…
“A ministry of listening”: In the US, Minnesota churches caught in standoffs between protesters and police
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, speaks with the leaders of two congregations in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center which have found themselves at the centre of standoffs between police and racial justice demonstrators over the past week…
Essay: Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict might be an exodus for America
CHARLIE DATES, senior pastor at Chicago’s Progressive Baptist Church and an affiliate professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, reflects on what the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin might mean…
Sight-Seeing: Of terror and testimonies – living through the Derek Chauvin trial
DANTÉ STEWART, in an article which comes via Religion News Service, reflects on the trial that this week has led to a guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd…
Updated: In Minneapolis, Derek Chauvin found guilty over death of George Floyd
Updated 12.30pm (AEDT)Former police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of all charges over the death of George Floyd on a Minneapolis street in the US last year. Chauvin, 45, was filmed kneeling on the neck of the 46-year-old African-American man for more than nine minutes during his arrest in May. He was found […]
At nationwide rallies in the US, Christians stand up for Asian Americans
Chicago, US RNS At events in 14 cities across the US, an estimated 5,000 people demonstrated in support of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on Sunday after attacks on people of Asian descent in the Atlanta area this month. The National Rally for AAPI Lives and Dignity, organised by the Asian American Christian Collaborative, brought hundreds […]
Sight-Seeing: My generation failed to deal with racism
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published in Religion News Service, expresses his hopes the next generation can do better in addressing the issue of racism in the US…