good Samaritan
Pastors say Johnny Hunt, former SBC president accused of abuse, can return to ministry
By Bob Smietana — November 29, 2022
(RNS) — Once a beloved SBC pastor and president, Hunt will return to ministry just over seven months after the allegations were made public.
New museum exhibit seeks to show Samaritans are more than a biblical parable
By Menachem Wecker — September 19, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'The Samaritans: A Biblical People,' opened Sept. 16 at the Museum of the Bible and includes artifacts spanning from the second century before the Common Era to contemporary paintings made in the past couple of years.
Black pastor leads his white North Carolina church toward a fuller reckoning on race
By Yonat Shimron — December 7, 2020
SALISBURY, North Carolina (RNS) — In one of the most conservative cities in North Carolina, a United Methodist pastor gingerly approaches racial issues without alienating his flock.
Why reading the Bible with reason and emotion alone doesn’t satisfy us
By Jason Gaboury — October 1, 2020
(RNS) — Our two usual modes of reading Scripture, rationalism and emotionalism, ignore an essential way that we make connections and maintain satisfying relationships with God.
Passover, Easter, Ramadan — and interfaith America in action
By Eboo Patel — April 10, 2020
(RNS) — In American hospitals, doctors and staffers from Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i and other faith backgrounds all work together to care for patients suffering from COVID-19. Together, they are bringing an interfaith version of the Good Samaritan to life.
Preparing for COVID-19? Add caring for the vulnerable to your coronavirus checklist
By Craig Bowron — March 13, 2020
(RNS) — If you do get physically involved in caring for someone with the COVID-19 illness, do so carefully and thoughtfully. Here’s how.
Jeff Sessions needs a Sunday school lesson on immigration
By Jerome Socolovsky — January 6, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) Confirmation hearings begin next week for Donald Trump’s pick for U.S attorney general, who finds fodder in the Bible to justify his reactionary anti-immigrant positions. But the Alabama senator is out of step with more than a millennium of Christian thought and discipleship.
To realize King’s dream, we must reject Trump’s divisive rhetoric (COMMENTARY)
By Jennifer Butler — April 4, 2016
(RNS) When we celebrate the legacy of King yet fail to embrace his struggle, we deprive ourselves of the spiritual and political revolution for which King lived and died.
COMMENTARY: Preaching in the shadow of the Trayvon Martin verdict
By Dan Webster — July 15, 2013
BALTIMORE (RNS) So much of what Jesus says makes no sense to us. He continually urges his followers to overlook rules, customs, even laws in order to be brother and sister to one another.
10 years later, Mister Rogers is still making neighbors
By Beth Kissileff — June 13, 2013
(RNS) Pittsburgh Theological Seminary devoted its summer leadership conference to insights from the life and work of Fred Rogers, whose popular television show cultivated virtues such as neighborliness.
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