Churches Believe They Are Welcoming to Those With Disabilities
Virtually every Protestant pastor and churchgoer believes a person with a disability would feel at home at their church, but fewer are taking active steps to make sure this is the case.
Light Shows Draw People Who Normally Don’t Darken Church Doors
Over three 45-minute immersive sessions, “Space, Light and Sound,” part of the cathedral’s “Seeing Deeper Week" in February drew more than 2,000 people of several faiths, as well as the nonreligious and unaffiliated, including many grandchildren and grandparents of both groups.
Meditation and Surround Sound Meet Prayer in Brooklyn Church
Meditation and immersion in soothing sounds meet church liturgy at All Saints Episcopal Church in Brooklyn. The combination takes on stress – and self-examination. Welcome to sound bath Evensong.
In California, Residents May Be Able to Compost Their Bodies After Death
Human composting is modeled after green burials, a practice that avoids using metal or concrete containers. In a green or natural burial, the body is not prepared with embalming fluids. "The goal is complete decomposition of the body and its natural return to the soil,"
60 Years Later, ‘An Appeal for Human Rights’ Still Resonates
Sixty years have passed since Roslyn Pope came home from Europe to a segregated South and channeled her frustrations into writing “An Appeal for Human Rights.”
Kirk Franklin: ‘Kumbaya Moments’ Are Not Enough for Better Race Relations
Gospel singer Kirk Franklin, in a discussion to be broadcast this week on Trinity Broadcasting Network, called on white Christian leaders to move beyond “kumbaya moments” and to speak from the pulpit when black people are the subjects of “social injustice happening in the streets.”
Doomsday Preppers Put Faith in God and Plan for the End of All Things
Two decades after the panic of Y2K, Jim, Rawles is helping people, mostly Christians, prepare for whatever could be the next disaster heading toward civilization.
More US Firms Are Providing Faith-Based Support for Employees
It has become standard practice for U.S. corporations to assure employees of support regardless of their race, gender or sexual orientation. There's now an intensifying push to ensure that companies are similarly supportive and inclusive when it comes to employees' religious beliefs.
JD Greear, Omar Suleiman to Discuss Christian-Muslim Relations at NC College
This week more than 500 evangelical students will hear Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear and Yaqeen Institute founder Imam Omar Suleiman discuss how evangelicals and Muslims can find a way forward “in a time of unprecedented division and distrust.”
Evangelicals Downplay Religious Expression When Working With Secular Groups
Despite being portrayed as hyper-religious and persistent proselytizers, a researcher sees that some evangelicals actually downplay religious expression when working with religiously diverse and secular groups.