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Get Religion and Live a Happy Life
Religious and spiritual practices can have positive effects on your health and well-being. Certain lifestyle habits are often influenced spiritual beliefs and values that are ingrained at an early age. These might include diet, sexual practices, and alcohol use....
Modern Solutions for Spreading the Word Beyond the Pulpit
As a pastor, your purpose in the church is to bring God’s people to him. To teach as many people as you can about the love, compassion, and goodwill of Christ. However, as times and people change, getting your word out to the masses can become increasingly difficult....
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James Robison, televangelist known as ‘avenging angel of the religious right,’ dies at 82
(RNS) — James Robison, a televangelist, author, friend of politicians and key figure in the Moral Majority movement who later led a humanitarian organization, died Sunday (May 17). He was 82. “It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Rev. James Robison,...
San Diego police say they are responding to an active shooter at a local mosque
SAN DIEGO (AP) — An active shooter opened fire at a San Diego mosque Monday, and police believe people have been shot, authorities said. Officer Anthony Carrasco said people reported multiple shots at the Islamic Center of San Diego, about 9 miles (14 km) north of...
Sidelined from legacy institutions, a movement centering Judaism outside Israel rises
(RNS) — A group of synagogues, nonprofits and small lay-led prayer communities previously on the margins of the Jewish establishment have formed a new association as an effort to better advocate for their emerging vision of Judaism in the 21st century. The...
Journey of a lifetime: A US teen Buddhist lama is now a monk studying in the Himalayan foothills
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — At a monastery in the Himalayan foothills, a teenage Buddhist lama blesses thousands. One by one, he taps bowed heads with a ritual vase and a peacock feather, sprinkling holy water for protection, purification, wisdom. He stops to smile at...
Australia bans a neo-Nazi network under new law that criminalizes hate groups
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia identified a neo-Nazi network as the second organization being banned under its new law criminalizing hate groups and support for them. The group, formerly known as the National Socialist Network and sometimes called White...
Belarus authoritarian leader welcomes US evangelist Franklin Graham to hold massive gathering
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian leader on Friday greeted U.S. Rev. Franklin Graham, who arrived in the tightly controlled country to hold the largest evangelical Christian gathering in its history. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko asked Graham...
Iraqi man accused of NYC synagogue plot after attacks in Europe and Canada in response to Iran war
NEW YORK (AP) — An Iraqi national accused of plotting at least 18 terror attacks in Europe in retaliation for the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran, including firebombing a bank in Amsterdam and stabbing Jewish men in London, has been arrested and charged with...
Pope creates artificial intelligence study group as Vatican prepares to release his first encyclical
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has created a study group on artificial intelligence, the Vatican said Saturday, as he gears up to release his first encyclical that is expected to emphasize the need for an ethics-based approach to the technology that prioritizes...
On Pentecost, one California pastor is aiming for the world’s largest synchronized baptism
(RNS) — On the first Saturday in May, Pastor Mark Francey stood in the chilly waters of Pirate’s Cove, a beach off the coast of Southern California, and baptized dozens of people, one by one, over the course of an hour. “I’m in there dunking people,” recalled Francey,...
Trump allies lead thousands in prayer to ‘rededicate’ America to God on National Mall
WASHINGTON (RNS) — As House Speaker Mike Johnson stood before a crowd of thousands on the National Mall on Sunday (May 17), he did something not altogether unusual for the outspoken Southern Baptist: He closed his eyes, bowed his head and prayed. But as Johnson began...
Black church leaders to march in Selma this weekend over Voting Rights Act ruling
(RNS) — Nearly 100 faith and voting rights leaders plan to gather in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday (May 16) as part of a rally in protest of the recent Supreme Court decision that hollowed out a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The “All Roads...
Christian nationalism isn’t a MAGA aberration. Historian Matthew Sutton says it’s the whole American story.
(FāVS News) — America is largely a Christian nation but it’s complicated, argues Matthew Avery Sutton in his new book, “Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity.” The book claims to be a 500-year historic survey of Christianity in...