‘Jesus, How I Love Thee’: Kansas Public School District Warned About Bible Lessons, Worship Songs
The Freedom from Religion Foundation says that the Goddard school district ended unconstitutional practices after receiving their letter.
Do They Know It’s Christmas?
This issue of A Public Witness goes to church with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to contrast his recent “sermon” with how the stories of the first Christmas deal with politicians.
A Milestone for Notre Dame: 1 Year Until Cathedral Reopens to Public After Devastating Fire
As the world-famous Paris landmark's reopening draws closer, people are beginning to picture their return to the place they call home and are impatient to breathe life back into its repaired stonework and vast spaces.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’s Plot To Ruin Christmas, and America
Jews have long played a role in shaping how Americans celebrate Christmas. For Christian Nationalism leader Andrew Torba, their contributions are a sign of a plot to remove Jesus from the Christmas story.
Unsettling Advent, Day 5
Many things have changed since ‘Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her’ was written, but not who receives the harshest punishments: those with the least social power.
The Man Behind the Woman (Pastor)
Rev. Angela Denker explores the phenomenon of non-ordained men married to women who are pastors. So simple. So revolutionary. So threatening to many American Christians.
Unsettling Advent 2023, Day 4
Pastor and hospice chaplain Melissa Bowers reminds us that in the long, horrifying legacy of state-sanctioned murder in the United States, a tiny pinprick of light has broken through.
New Documentary Tells the Story of Queer Religious Families in the Midwest
The movie profiles queer families and individuals living in the Midwest, grappling with their identity in a conservative and traditional environment.
Armenian Christians Battle Developer To Keep Control of Their Corner of Jerusalem
A tiny Christian minority sitting on one of the Holy Land's most valuable pieces of real estate has rebelled against a real-estate deal that would sacrifice nearly 25% of its land in Jerusalem.
Lebanon’s Christians Feel the Heat of Climate Change in Its Sacred Forest and Valley
The lush Cedars of God Forest, some 2000 meters (6,560 feet) above sea level near the northern town of Bcharre, is part of a landscape cherished by Christians.