Texas Town Holds 1st Sunday Service Since Church Attack
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Hundreds of mourners crowded into the tiny town of Sutherland Springs for the first Sunday service since a gunman stormed the First
SWBTS Announces Cuts to Staff, Belt-Tightening Measures
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Escalating health care costs, increased expenses for utilities and other higher education costs have prompted personnel cuts at Southwestern Baptist Theological
Texas Church to Be Demolished, Like Other Mass Killing Sites Before It
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (RNS) — The funerals were yet to be held.
But one thing was already clear in this tiny Texas town of 600
Craving the Spiritual in Alice McDermott’s New Novel
(RNS) “There is a hunger …”
That declaration, uttered by an old, crippled nun who has scrubbed away her life and her vocation in a convent’s
Throw Out the Lifeline: Be a Disaster Resource
What happens when a disaster affects our own community? Recent news has been filled with about every type of
Top Indonesia Court Overturns Discriminatory Religious Law
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's top court has overturned a law that denied recognition and legal rights to followers of indigenous faiths in a surprise advance for religious
Planning for the Future: Talking about Death is Difficult but Imperative
Important conversations are seldom easy to have. As a child transitions into adolescence, parents often dread “the talk.” Years later, roles shift and adult children are
A Time to Die
It was 40 years ago, but I remember it like yesterday. My sister called, “We took Mom to the hospital today. It’s her heart. Doesn’t sound good.”
Patriotism or Nationalism?
Last summer, I had the privilege of hearing noted author Brian McLaren speak several times at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly. During one of the Q&A
Shootings at U.S. Houses of Worship in Recent Years
The Associated Press has compiled a list of fatal shootings occuring at U.S. houses of worship since 2012.