The story of the late Bob and Helen Bland is as ordinary as it is extraordinary, right down to their last name.
Imam and Quran Revolution founder Wisam Sharieff faces child porn investigation
Imam Wisam Sharieff, an online Quranic instructor for the educational nonprofit AlMaghrib Institute, has been accused in a criminal complaint filed by the FBI of conspiracy to produce child pornography.
Appeals court orders new trial for man on Texas’ death row over judge’s antisemitic bias
A Texas appeals court ordered a new trial Wednesday for a Jewish man on death row — who was part of a gang of prisoners that fatally shot a police officer in 2000 after escaping — because of antisemitic bias by…
Ministry jobs and more
Baptist News Global provides a free listing of ministry-related jobs for Baptist churches, theological institutions and organizations across the United States. Each free posting is for 30 days and is limited to 150 words. Postings may be extended another 30…
Why British Funerals Are Becoming More Boisterous And Bizarre
Funerals — often thought of as solemn events filled with grief and mourning — are starting to take on a different tone.
ABA walks back plan to remove ‘race and ethnicity’ from law school diversity rules
The American Bar Association is aiming to keep references to “race and ethnicity” in its diversity rules for law schools, following pushback from legal educators who said a proposed revision of the rule that struck those terms could hobble efforts…
Meet the religious leaders shaping the next generation of social justice activism
Most public policy lecture halls do not echo with call-and-response Gospel hymns. But on a recent Tuesday afternoon, singer and musicologist Yara Allen warms up a class in New Haven, Conn.
Movie Review: ‘Heretic’ is a fascinating mix of high discourse, gore and a shifty Hugh Grant
“Heretic” opens with an unusual table setter: Two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are discussing condoms and why some are labeled as large even though they’re all pretty much a standard size. “What else do we…
Election anxiety doesn’t need to win − here are 3 science-backed strategies from a clinical psychologist to rein in the stress
Uncertainty about the election getting to you? Is anxiety the dominant feature of your emotional landscape, maybe with a small sprinkling of impending doom?