Monthly Archives: October 2014
Is nonviolence a solution to all the world’s conflicts? (COMMENTARY)
By A. James Rudin — October 31, 2014
(RNS) There remains a thin line between nonviolence and martyrdom.
Southern Baptists, LGBT activists happily coexist, but for how long?
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 31, 2014
(RNS) For both sides, alleged friendships could pose a risk, as relationships could be perceived as acceptance.
Mormonism and the “only true and living church”
By Jana Riess — October 31, 2014
Mormons teach universal salvation and stress love for all . . . and also claim that the LDS faith is the "only true and living church" on the earth. Which is it? Can it be both?
Apple’s Tim Cook isn’t defined by his sexuality, and neither should anyone else (COMMENTARY)
By Tré Goins-Phillips — October 31, 2014
LYNCHBURG, Va. (RNS) With pro-gay, anti-gay, and I-don’t-know-yet-gay groups advocating for one thing or another, the individual lives behind these labels of sexual orientation have been lost.
Cardinal says church under Pope Francis is a ‘rudderless ship’
By Josephine McKenna — October 31, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Catholics around the world are "feeling a bit seasick because they feel the church’s ship has lost its way," American Cardinal Raymond Burke said.
Text messaging project helps ease religious and tribal tensions in Kenya’s Tana Delta
By Fredrick Nzwili — October 31, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) A conflict unfolding in the Tana Delta has led a Canadian-based genocide prevention organization to launch an innovative project to monitor false rumors and give community members neutral and accurate information.
Human trafficking survivors offered full scholarship at Christian university
By Ben Sheffler — October 31, 2014
(RNS) San Diego's Point Loma Nazarene University launched an Indiegogo campaign this week with a goal to raise $40,000 in 40 days to fund the Beauty for Ashes Scholarship Fund.
From Fear to Faith
By Religion News LLC — October 31, 2014
UNITY VILLAGE, Mo.— From school shootings and kidnappings to ISIS and Ebola, there are enough tragic events in the world to frighten us all. Unity World Headquarters is working to shift the focus from fear to faith. With this goal in mind, the organization is launching a campaign starting this Saturday, Nov. 1, called “Fearless […]
Heroes in our midst: Chris Anderson & MaleSurvivor (Part II)
By Boz Tchividjian — October 31, 2014
How can faith communities become places of safety for male sexual abuse survivors? Part two of my interview with Chris Anderson of MaleSurvivor.
Haunted houses * Assisted suicide * The color of death: Friday’s Roundup
By Yonat Shimron — October 31, 2014
Brittany Maynard cancels her death date. New York and Chicago brace for Catholic church and school closings. The Sistine Chapel's frescoes are turning white.
My mother’s physician-assisted suicide
By Mark Silk — October 31, 2014
By voluntarily stopping eating and drinking.
Southern Baptists change their tone but not their substance on homosexuality (COMMENTARY)
By Jacob Lupfer — October 30, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Nashville conference was remarkable for two notable shifts: a change in tone -- call it a kinder, gentler opposition to homosexuality -- and a pragmatic concession that the fight over gay marriage is largely lost.
Bishops object as Catholic universities offer same-sex benefits
By David Gibson — October 30, 2014
(RNS) Twenty-two Jesuit universities now provide benefits to same-sex partners.
Remembering the Holocaust after the survivors are gone
By Lauren Markoe — October 30, 2014
(RNS) Soon there will be no more survivors of the Holocaust. A new film asks how the event will be remembered after they are gone.
The grief that keeps on giving
By Jana Riess — October 30, 2014
These episodes don’t happen very often anymore, more than a year and a half after losing Mom. But the grief is always there, gently submerged, biding its time.
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