The Science of Sabbath: How People are Rediscovering Rest—and Claiming Its Benefits
(RNS) — Tech Shabbat is a modern twist on an ancient religious practice, which is attracting the attention of burned-out millennials and others who are exhausted by trying to keep up in an increasingly connected and fast-paced world.
Congregations Share, Sacrifice During Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Deacon Darryl and Deaconess Brenda Musgrove are seeing both sides of the government shutdown — on the job and off. He is working without pay for the Department of Justice. She’s out of work from her contracting officer position with the Department of Homeland Security.
Shutdown Spurred Ministry to ‘Broken Nation’
WASHINGTON (BP) -- When portions of the federal government shut down, Southern Baptists ramped up their ministries to furloughed federal workers across the country.
Governor Convicted of Blasphemy Freed from Indonesian Prison
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A polarizing Christian politician whose campaign comments ignited the largest protests in years in Muslim-majority Indonesia was freed Thursday after serving nearly two years in prison for blasphemy.
Kammerdiener Leaves Legacy of Service to Missions
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- Donald R. Kammerdiener, a longtime missionary and administrator with the International Mission Board, died Wednesday (Jan. 23). He was 82.
Texas Leaders Extol Bipartisanship, Faith Partnership to End Trafficking
State representatives, advocates and leaders of faith-based organizations gathered on the Texas Capitol steps on Jan. 22 for a human trafficking awareness and prevention bipartisan rally cosponsored by roughly a dozen groups, including the Texas Baptists’ Christian Life Commission.
Dementia and Religion: Inside a Church’s Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (RNS) — They sat in a circle in a room usually used by high schoolers and talked about the people they loved who no longer recognized them or who had died forgetting the names of family caregivers in their last days.
Songs and Stuffed Animals Instead of Sermons
RICHLANDTOWN, Pa. (RNS) — The seven women, most in wheelchairs, sat in a semicircle facing stained-glass windows and an altar topped with a cross and a statuette of Jesus holding a lamb. Underneath the draped table was an ark-shaped container brimming with small stuffed animals.
Dementia and Religion: Do’s and Don’ts
(RNS) — When a congregant has dementia, what can a house of worship do? Here are some do's and don'ts.
Roe v. Wade May Be in Peril, but Future of Anti-Abortion Movement Is Unclear
WASHINGTON (RNS) — After 45 years, the March for Life will have more of the feel of a victory party. Advocates and legal scholars say that for arguably the first time since 1973, undoing the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion isn’t just a dream of anti-abortion activists and the faith-based groups that back them — it’s likely to happen in some form.