A landmark legal battle to determine whether Jewish women have a religious right to an abortion entered a critical new stage in Indiana.
Who Do You Talk to When You’re Struggling?
Who do you talk to when you’re struggling? When it feels like you’re carrying the weight of the world and there’s no way out of the mess you’re in—who can you turn to for an honest conversation? I’d bet that for a…
A chapel near ground zero was a relief center after 9/11. Now, an exhibit honors its victims.
In the months after 9/11, St. Paul’s Chapel, a small, undamaged church sitting 100 yards from where the Twin Towers once stood, quickly turned into a relief center for recovery workers. Known as the “Little Chapel That Stood,” the church…
How to Be Friends With God in a Distracted World
Our world is profoundly distracted, disordered, and scattered. It would be tempting to attribute this to a non-Christian society—to multiplied desires and endless consumer options, to secularized pursuits of shallow pleasure. But Christians fare little better here, bombarded with gurus…
Seven Vermont Clergy Arrested While Protesting ICE Targeting Center
Seven faith leaders were arrested in Williston, Vermont, on Friday morning (Sept. 4), for blockading the entrances to a building where workers help immigration agents target their efforts, with the clergy insisting their faith compels them to oppose President Donald…
US Jews feel ‘precarious’ as High Holy Days approach amid antisemitism fears and internal divisions
As the High Holy Days approach, rabbis in the United States say their congregations are deeply unsettled by antisemitic threats and aware of sharp divisions in their own communities. But many are also determined to embrace the coming days of celebration and…
A journalist coined ‘the Bible Belt’ 100 years ago – it’s been oversimplifying the South ever since
“Look No Further!” a billboard on the side of the highway beckons, drawing my gaze toward the red cover of a Bible. “You Are Worthy of Redemption!”
Celebrating Religious Liberty at Colonial Williamsburg
I’ve often mentioned Patrick Henry in presentations about Christian Nationalism and religious liberty. But a recent conference at Colonial Williamsburg marked the first time I’ve shared the stage with him — or, at least with a Henry impersonator.
As 9/11 anniversary falls on Rosh Hashanah, Jews are asked to remember — and move forward
When American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, Gadi Capela recalled running to the trading floor of the financial firm where he worked near Rockefeller Center. Every television screen…
Decline in marriage and relationships among factors driving global fertility slump – study
A growing “relationship recession”, alongside economic insecurity, delayed parenthood and changing attitudes towards having children, is contributing to an unprecedented fall in fertility rates around the world, according to a major new study.
In North Carolina, Christian Schools Seize an ‘Opportunity’
Metrolina Christian Academy (MCA) has momentum. In the past two years, the school in Indian Trail, North Carolina, has constructed a new special education building, built up a track-and-field program, and installed smart whiteboards in all its classrooms. According to…
Huachuma, the Andean psychedelic cactus, is drawing Western seekers and raising ethical questions
For at least two decades, thousands of Americans have been going to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil to look for ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew traditionally used in sacred ceremonies in South America. Ayahuasca contains the psychedelic compound DMT, N-Dimethyltryptamine, and researchers are studying…