A group of clergy, faith-based protesters and disability advocates were once again arrested in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday (June 2) while praying against the Republican-led federal budget bill, including a wheelchair user who said potential cuts to health…
Streaming Has Killed Attention Spans, Taste and Community: Will Faith Be Next?
Across America, a growing number of people of all ages are communing with the Holy Spirit via their smartphones and laptops. Once the stuff of pews and pulpits, faith now flows through fiber optics. It’s convenient, sure. No parking, no…
Duane Rollins’s Life Testified to the Cost of Abuse
Duane Rollins died on Friday, May 23. I never met him, but his story met me when I needed to know I wasn’t crazy and I wasn’t alone.
Watching Rome from Chicagoland: Muslims measure new pope’s promise
The announcement of the first U.S.-born pope is important for all Americans but resonates especially strongly in Chicago and its larger community, known locally as Chicagoland. Born on the city’s Southside and raised in the nearby suburb of Dolton, Robert…
Poland votes for its next president, with Polish-Jewish history on the ballot
Poland is heading to the polls in a neck-and-neck presidential election that will shape the country’s future on the world stage — and its approach to history.
Why Do Our Bibles Keep Changing?
The Religion Guy’s Answer: There are two reasons, translations and texts, both of which have cropped up in the news of religion this year. The venerable King James Version (KJV) appeared without changes over centuries.
Franklin Graham meets Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin
American evangelist Franklin Graham has met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin.
European Evangelism Congress Preaches Hope Despite Rising Secular Tide
When evangelist Billy Graham came to West Germany in 1954, more than 80,000 people packed into Berlin’s Olympic Stadium to hear the American preacher’s message. It’s hard to imagine that big of a crowd gathering in Germany to hear a sermon these…
Foundations donate $1.5M to help restore historic Black church in Memphis gutted by arson
Several foundations have donated $1.5 million to help rebuild after arson gutted a historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that played an important role in the civil rights movement.
Who Gets a Seat at the Last Supper?
Donald Trump’s re-election has sent many scrambling for historical comparisons. There is somehow comfort in the discovery (or at any rate the assertion) that there are precedents for even the most confusing and chaotic aspects of our uncertain present.
Jordan Peterson refuses to identify as Christian during atheist debate
Canadian psychologist and author Dr Jordan Peterson declined to identify as a Christian during a debate with twenty atheists, sparking widespread reaction online.
On anniversary of the first Council of Nicaea, Christian leaders seek to return to ecumenism
For Christian leaders across the world and across denominations, the anniversary of the first Council of Nicaea is providing an opportunity for introspection and, potentially, the beginning of further dialogue.