Posts Tagged ‘justice’
Christian Living
Keeping the Faith: Minimum protection, maximum support
Tony Campolo retells an incident involving William Sloane Coffin following the death of his son, Alexander. Alex, as he was called, was killed in a car accident in 1983 when he was only twenty-four years old.
News
Is the Catholic hierarchy moving toward the GOP?
A series of recent developments are renewing questions about the Catholic bishops' alignment with the Republican Party, with much of the attention focusing on comments by Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput, who said he “cer...
News
Norway called beacon of hope one year after massacre
Bishop Munib A. Younan, president of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), has called Norway a beacon of hope and inspiration for the way it has dealt with the horror and pain of last year's massacre.
Christian Living
We Don’t Need No Education
Curtain climbers. Yard monkeys. Ankle biters. I don’t know what you call them, but our children have been turned loose on the world. School is out for summer! By the end of summer I’m afraid my description of these little anima...
13-year-old Christian girl allegedly raped by three men in Pakistan
A Pakistani Muslim man, along with two accomplices, allegedly abducted and raped a 13-year-old Christian girl on Thursday, March 29, 2012, according to her uncle, Asher.
Commentary and News
10 Commandments Judge Roy Moore poised to return to Ala. court
MOBILE, Ala. (RNS) With 98 percent of state precincts counted, Roy Moore held on to 51 percent of the vote in his bid to retake his former job as chief justice of the state’s supreme court. Moore received 279,381 votes to...
Features
Christian youth learn about ‘eco-justice’ at climate conference
Christian young people are bringing their passion for change to a U.N. climate conference in Durban, South Africa, eager to learn how to spread the message that God’s creation needs better care. About 28 youths from churc...
Commentary and News
Peace Prize winner Gbowee says faith helped in peace campaign
One of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winners, Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian activist who helped bring her country out of a brutal civil war, said on 7 October that the best way to achieve global peace is to start in local communities....
Apologetics
Question of the week: Why does God allow evil?
Question: “Why does God allow evil?” Answer: With people thinking about the September 11 terrorist attacks on the tenth anniversary of the horrific event, many are again asking the age-old question: “Why does ...
News
Methodist Church in UK will pay all employees at least living wage
The Methodist Church in the UK is paying all its employees amuch higher rate than the UK’s current legal minimum wage. The Living Wage was implemented on Sept. 1 this year, and ensures that church workers will be paid at least ...