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Light Prevailing over Darkness- Jami Amerine’s Search for her Destination
Light Prevailing over Darkness- Jami Amerine’s Search for her Destination The mind of a new-born child is like a blank canvas. His surroundings shape his thinking, transforming his personality. Ever since a child is born, he is introduced to a religion that is...
Miguel Torneire Taking His Missionary Work A Step Further For Helping The People
Humans are taught to help others from a very young age. Regardless of their beliefs, age, race, or any other category, humans are taught to help others since it is a basic code of conduct. Helping others is not just part of good manners; humans are prompted to help...
From Ashes to Beauty – Robert Sherriff
YES, it’s true, life is not always sunshine and rainbows. It’s not always easy, and sometimes it’s harsh and unfair. One might wonder, if there is a God, where is he? Why didn’t he stop that difficulty from happening? But the truth is, even if we don’t see or feel it,...
Embalming and Cremation: Here’s What You Need to Know
Upon the passing of a loved one, the urgency to make arrangements can often be overwhelming. The process of preserving a body after death can be extensive and perplexing for those dealing with the emotions of loss. From the decisions for viewings to setting a loved...
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Pope demands end to ‘collective punishment’ and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV demanded Wednesday that Israel stop the “collective punishment” and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza as he pleaded for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the besieged territory amid preparations by Israel for a new military...
In Honduras, Kurt Ver Beek went after violence to fix poverty. It worked.
(RNS) — After years of working for a Christian international relief group, sociologist and professor Kurt Ver Beek wasn’t satisfied with the tool kit available to most faith groups combating poverty. To him, mission trips, direct aid and even strategies like micro...
Christian nonprofit in Honduras battled gangs and corruption. Now it’s inspiring Chicago.
(RNS) — When an impoverished neighborhood’s biggest obstacle is its murder rate, no amount of food donations and micro-loans will alleviate suffering. Sociologist Kurt Ver Beek knows this firsthand. That’s why, when the struggling Honduran neighborhood of Nueva...
How Johnnie Moore, evangelical PR guru, became the face of Gaza’s embattled aid effort
(RNS) — Johnnie Moore, the face of the embattled Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the new nonprofit commissioned to distribute food aid in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, has long said he believes Christians are called to do great things for God and to help the world become...
Photos of the Week: ICE demonstrations and more
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Men charged with hugging and kissing are among group publicly caned by Indonesian Islamic court
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were among a group of people publicly caned on Tuesday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law by hugging and kissing, which the court ruled can lead to...
What to know about Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has grown into a powerful force within the country’s theocracy, answering only to its supreme leader and overseeing its ballistic missile arsenal and missions overseas. The force was in the...
Israel strikes a Gaza hospital twice, killing at least 20, including journalists and rescuers
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel struck one of the main hospitals in the Gaza Strip on Monday and then hit the facility again as journalists and rescue workers rushed to the scene, killing at least 20 people and wounding scores more, local health workers said....
Around DC, congregations aid those who’ve lost the ‘good government job’
(RNS) — On most mornings, Zenobia Bingham sets her alarm for 6:55 a.m. so she can join the prayer call at Washington’s Shiloh Baptist Church, where she has attended for 53 years. The call, she said, has become a chance to center herself before she contemplates the...
Outside Newark’s 1,100-bed detention center, a weekly prayer service for anxious families
NEWARK, New Jersey (RNS) — Early on Sunday morning (Aug. 24), a dozen activists prayed in a circle before the barbed-wire gates of Delaney Hall, the 1,100-bed immigrant detention center that is the largest on the East Coast. As a line of visitors, mostly family...
Pope Leo XIV expresses closeness with Ukraine on its Independence Day
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV sent a letter to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday (Aug. 24), the anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, in which he expressed his concern for the war-torn country and its people. “I wish to...
Basketball shoe with Bible verse from NBA’s Jonathan Isaac lands at Museum of the Bible
(RNS) — Jonathan Isaac, the 6-foot, 10-inch forward and a 2017 first-round pick for the Orlando Magic, scored a new kind of fame last week: His sneaker — the first product of his Christian apparel brand, Unitus — was unveiled in an exhibit at the Museum of the Bible...