CAPE TOWN, South Africa (RNS) — The sound of running water, once considered soothing, now triggers anxiety in drought-stricken Cape Town, where residents are hoarding bottled
Ongoing violence in South Sudan is projected to result in "Africa's largest refugee crisis since the mid-1990s," the United Nations announced on Feb. 1.
Truth telling is not easy. Just ask the Old Testament prophets.
Threatened, beaten, chained, put into stocks, imprisoned in cells and cisterns, threatened with death, killed — “Which of the
After 16 years of service to Windermere Baptist Conference Center and its guests, Becky Powell announced her retirement beginning February 1.
SHAWNEE, Kan. – Central Seminary hosted a delegation from Calvin University in South Korea for a two-day visit Feb. 1.
The history of the phrase “In God We Trust” and similar invocations of God in national life, are relatively recent additions to America’s political language.
(RNS) — As the Super Bowl nears and football fans head to Minneapolis, dozens of homeless people who usually spend the night at a
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (BP) -- Another Super Bowl. Another year with the New England Patriots playing in it.
But from a spiritual perspective, there's something new
(RNS) — This year’s Super Bowl pits the New England Patriots (again) against the Philadelphia Eagles. For many years, I’ve been using biblical and other
A "Unity Declaration on Racism and Poverty," signed by more than 80 U.S. faith leaders, was sent to members of Congress on Jan. 29.