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Charitable giving up slightly but still ailing
c. 2011 USA Today
(RNS) Charitable giving is trickling back up as the economy heals, but it could take years to return to pre-recession levels, nonprofit leaders say....
Episcopal bishop cleared of 'abandonment' charge
(RNS) The Episcopal bishop of South Carolina, who has distanced his diocese from the national denomination since its sanction of openly gay bishops, has not "abandoned" the Episcopal Church, a chur...
Faith groups aided Occupy as winter, police moved in
As Occupy camps nationwide dealt with police crackdowns and the
inevitable onset of winter temperatures, religious communities of all...
Divinely persistent, God really loves us
The Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead is working to infiltrate the whole creation with God's love.
Redeeming darkness
Darkness does not come from a different place than light; it is not presided over by a different God.
Faith groups in Kenya seek to strengthen HIV/AIDS strategies
Nairobi, Kenya, November 28 (ENInews)--As new HIV/AIDS infections and related deaths decline, Christian and Muslim leaders in Kenya discussed how to improve their strategies at a conference in Nair...
Pope Benedict XVI slapped with charges for not wearing seat belt
c. 2011 Religion News Service
BERLIN (RNS) Just because the pope gets to ride in the popemobile doesn't give him license not to wear a seat belt.
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In Tunisia, popular Ennahda party tests ‘moderate’ Islam
Nearly a year after Tunisia set off the Arab Spring of popular
revolt, the face of political Islam in this fledgling Muslim democracy...
Prophets everywhere
As the second Sunday in advent approaches, I find the prophets of the season compelling. To my ears, their message sounds pretty consistent: "Change the ways of this world."
A quibble about the (very good) new Muppets movie
Years ago I cringed when I saw that the Onion sells a t-shirt with the slogan, "I appreciate
the Muppets on a much deeper level than you." My friend John
and I had just been discussing the Muppets' sly use of metafictional
elements.
Redeeming darkness
Darkness does not come from a different place than light; it is not presided over by a different God.
Ready for Advent
I'm particularly eager for Advent this year. Perhaps it's because recent world events have been so relentlessly grim.
Glimpse of the holy: Advent with a toddler
I decided our family's Christmas would be simple and spirit-centered. Green to parenting, I defined spiritual as anything that allowed me a minute to reflect on what, beyond the laundry, mattered.
Number of Somali refugees declining due to aid and rainfall
Nairobi, Kenya, November 23 (ENInews)--With rainfall, increased humanitarian aid and military operations inside Somalia, the movement of migrants into Dadaab, the world's biggest refugee complex, h...
Workplace religious complaints double over 10 years
CLEVELAND (RNS) Northeast Ohio native Suhad Hasan says neither her Muslim faith nor her headscarf should be an issue where she works....