Colby Barrett was at his home in Telluride, Colorado, last year when a friend called with an invitation. He wanted Barrett to join a convoy delivering aid to Ukraine.
1 in 4 Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey trial spotlighted the clash between science and religion
The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, was one of the earliest and most iconic conflicts in America’s ongoing culture war.
Ukraine strips Orthodox leader of citizenship, alleging links to Moscow
Ukrainian authorities moved Wednesday (July 2) to strip Metropolitan Onufriy, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, of his Ukrainian citizenship, citing alleged ties between Onufriy himself, as well as the church he leads, with Moscow.
The New Gospel Of Death: What Hollywood’s Afterlife Looks Like
Death is a part of life. Ben Franklin put it this way: “In this life, nothing is certain but death and taxes.”
‘The LORD told me it’s flat none of your business’: Jimmy Swaggart’s Scandalous Legacy
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart died yesterday. He’ll be remembered in many ways—as a charismatic preacher and talented singer (Swaggart was Jerry Lee Lewis’ cousin). But perhaps his most lasting legacy is as a creative pioneer in the art of managing a…
In a first for Conservative Judaism, synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings
A Conservative synagogue in Minnesota has become the first in its denomination to allow its clergy to participate in — but not officiate — weddings of Jews who marry outside their faith.
Vatican says leaked documents were only part of information Pope Francis used to restrict Latin Mass
Leaked documents seemingly undermining Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass provided an incomplete reconstruction of the evidence that informed his 2021 decision to crack down on the spread of the ancient liturgy, the Vatican said Thursday.
Former VP Mike Pence’s Conversation with Russell Moore
Former vice president Mike Pence appeared on The Russell Moore Show four years after the January 6, 2021, US Capitol rioters threatened not only his life but also the lives of his wife and daughter. He discussed former second lady Karen Pence’s frosty…
ISIS Victims Welcome Christian Help, Not Christian Conversion
The previous article in this series highlighted the impact of USAID cuts on the vulnerable Yazidi community in Iraq. ISIS displaced Yazidis from their historic home of Sinjar in northern Iraq in 2014, killing and enslaving thousands.
A Tohono O’odham family integrates Catholic and Native beliefs in the Arizona desert
On St. John the Baptist’s feast day in late June, an extended Tohono O’odham family attends Mass out at their desert camp, where they gather to harvest saguaro fruit in a process sacred in their Native spirituality.
Scandinavian Church’s Dark History Of Assimilating Indigenous People
Tapio Luoma, archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, delivered an apology to the Sámi, the only recognized Indigenous people in the European Union.
I Let My Parents Down to Set Myself Free
Back in the summer of 2019 my cell service allowed people with blocked numbers to leave voice mail messages. It was through this loophole that I learned my mother, at that point blocked for the better part of three years,…