At a church just outside Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Tuesday (Feb. 18), 33 ministers from the Christian Reformed Church in North America stood up to read aloud a declaration, officially accepting ordination in a rival denomination, the Reformed Church in…
Sobering Insights from Garry M. Spotts: Transforming Mortal Moments into Growth with Courage
Innocence and naivety are lost during crises. Adversity leaves a profound impact on a person’s perspective, and an uncertain future can fuel feelings of fear. The choice is simple: succumb to the pressure and accept a life where joy is…
Kanye West, back on X again, says he is ‘not under Jewish control anymore’
Shortly after he aired a Super Bowl commercial for a website selling a swastika T-shirt, and two days after posting an antisemitic rant on X, the rapper Ye announced that he was quitting the platform.
Trans people affirmed their gender without medical help in medieval Europe − history shows how identity transcends medicine and law
Restrictions on medical care for transgender youth assume that without the ability to medically transition, trans people will vanish.
T.D. Jakes: Defamation suit filed after health incident because ‘Enough is enough!’
Dallas megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes continued to deny claims by two other ministers who have accused him of sexual misconduct, describing the accusers in a newly filed affidavit as “bullies” and himself as the victim of a scheme to…
Florida man arrested after shooting 2 Israelis he thought were Palestinians
Police in Miami Beach have arrested a Jewish man who shot at two people in a car, thinking they were Palestinian.
Why I Can’t Tell You How Quakers (or Unitarians) Voted in 2024
I’ve got to admit that I am writing this post while gritting my teeth just a bit. Which is probably not a good state of mind, but I just have to get all these thoughts down in a single post. Let…
Faith groups’ environmental projects halted by Trump’s climate funding freeze
In the more than five years that Stillmeadow Community Fellowship in Baltimore has worked with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service to rehabilitate the 10-acre forest on its urban land, what stands out to the Rev. Michael Martin is…
Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza, countering Trump’s call to depopulate the territory
Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing Palestinians out of the strip in a counter to President Donald Trump’s proposal to depopulate the territory so the U.S. can take it over.
Canadian Christian Leader Urges Americans to Rebuke Trump’s Attacks on Canada
Over the past few weeks, President Donald Trump laid out a vision for imperialistic conquest. He wants to seize the Panama Canal, annex Greenland, and take over the Gaza Strip. He also wants to swallow up Canada and make it a state.
The first openly gay Muslim imam is killed in South Africa, prompting claims of an assassination
A man regarded as the first openly gay Muslim imam has been fatally shot while sitting in a car in South Africa in what many are calling an assassination because of his teachings.
Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive
One of President Biden’s final acts as US president was to grant clemency to American Indian Movement (AIM) activist Leonard Peltier (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe), who will be released into home arrest sometime this month. The 80-year-old Peltier, who suffers from diabetes and other health…