Pilgrims start a 1,000 kilometre journey to advocate for climate justice at upcoming UN talks
A group of Christian pilgrims have set off from Bonn in Germany on a 1,000 kilometre journey to Poland where they will take part in the 2018 world climate conference in December. The pilgrims, who came from a range of Christian denominations, took part in a worship service in Bonn’s Lukaskirche before departing on the […]
ESSAY: SPARE A THOUGHT FOR BETHLEHEM THIS CHRISTMAS AS POLITICS AND TOURISM COLLIDE
In an article first published on The Conversation, FREYA HIGGINS-DEBIOLLES, senior lecturer in tourism management at the University of South Australia, reflects on the impact of US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus…
ESSAY: THE RUBY WOO PILGRIMAGE – HEAR THE PULPITS ROAR
US Christian activist and author, LISA SHARON HARPER, in an article which comes via Religion News Service, reflects on the background to a pilgrimage she just completed to landmarks in women’s and African-American history…
A PILGRIM’S PROGRESS: A 4,300 KILOMETRE TREK – AND HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES IN INDIA THE BENEFICIARIES
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Chris Bailey about how his 4,300 kilometre trek along the Pacific Crest Trail in the US helped raised more than $116,000 to help lift hundreds of families out of poverty in India…