Two days after the trauma at my synagogue, I finally broke down in tears, trying to understand why anyone would target Congregation Beth Israel, a small congregation in an out-of-the-way place.
Israeli authority backs down from Mount of Olives park plan
Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority on Monday said it was backing down from a contentious plan to encompass Christian holy sites on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives in a national park following vociferous outcry from major churches.
Christian College Cancels Speaker From Faith Week Over Sermon On LGBTQ Issues
Students at Gordon College organized a rally “in solidarity with women and the LGBTQA+ community” after a speaker made what were characterized as misogynistic and transphobic remarks during a chapel service.
Make no mistake, if there’s a war between Russia and Ukraine, it will be a religious war
Putin has now ordered Russian troops into Donetsk and Luhansk. The first major conflict between two Orthodox Christian nations since the War of the Stray Dogs in 1925 has likely just begun.
Amid book bans, Muslim authors, parents advocate for children’s books representing Islam
When in September 2021, Pennsylvania’s Central York School District banned “The Arabic Quilt,” Aya Khalil’s award-winning debut picture book about fitting in at school, Khalil decided to write a book about her experience. “The Banned Books Bake Sale,” due out in spring of 2023,…
Christian Millionaires Say They’re Motivated By Faith And Patriotism To Pay More Taxes
Once upon a time — way back in the 1950s and ‘60s — the wealthiest Americans paid a top tax rate of over 90%. Now, the top tax rate is 43%, but many of the richest Americans use a variety…
Lay Catholics fill the enthusiasm gap on Francis’ Synod on Synodality
When Pope Francis announced the Synod on Synodality, Robert Choiniere, a lay minister, said, “This is the thing I’ve been waiting for.”
Anti-Asian violence spiked in the US during the pandemic, especially in blue-state cities
It’s widely known that Asian Americans felt – and were – persecuted during the pandemic. But the extent of this violence, and its uneven geographic distribution across the U.S., is now much clearer, thanks to research I conducted with collaborators at the University of…
Jewish federations umbrella releases new document adding gun reform and LGBTQ advocacy back to policy priority list
Less than a week after the Jewish Federations of North America removed hot button items such as addressing gun violence and defending LGBTQ rights from their annual priorities list, the umbrella group added them back into a subsequent and more detailed…
When Billy Graham Took His Ministry Transatlantic
Billy Graham was a born salesman, and he knew it. In the summer of 1936, after graduating from high school, he crisscrossed South Carolina selling Fuller brushes door to door. By the end, he had posted the best record in…
Church of England seeks to improve its public witness
The Church of England has appointed Bishop Graham Tomlin to oversee its new Centre for Cultural Witness.
Across US, $89 Million Of Taxpayer Money Goes To Christian Abortion Alternative Programs
Six years after Roe v. Wade, Francis Schaeffer and C. Everett Koop’s book and film “Whatever Happened to the Human Race?” galvanized evangelicals to declare abortion their No. 1 social and political issue.