Young people’s trust in religious institutions is low, but trust in relationships with religious people is still extremely high. Read the article from Religion News Service here.
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A new PBS documentary shows how religion can be a machinery for improvement. Read the article from Religion News Service here.
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Instead of worshippers, some churches have been filled with local tourists, professional chefs or burnt-out frontline workers.
Church Space, a platform akin to Airbnb, allows houses of worship to rent their sanctuaries, fellowship halls and kitchens to other congregations and organizations for as much as $30,000 a year. Read the article from Religion News Service here.
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Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. View the slideshow here.
This week's photo gallery includes Ganesh Chaturthi festival, calls at White House for spending for families and more.
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Can trees help save Phoenix from extreme heat? A video from Vox exploring the ties between tree cover, poverty, wealth, and ground temperatures.
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Look past pop culture images to the spiritually wise Hildegard, help for our times. Read the article from Religion News Service here.
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Here was a bishop putting into words answers to the questions I had asked all my life. Read the article from Religion News Service here.
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Three former presidents and first ladies have joined with religious leaders, faith-based refugee resettlement agencies (including Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service) to support a new national organization with the goal of making it easier to help Afghan evacuees arriving in the United States.
Welcome.US launched 9/14/2021 to provide a single point of entry for Americans to donate to frontline organizations, host arriving families through Airbnb and find other ways to help Afghans as they rebuild their lives in the U.S. after fleeing the Taliban. Read the article from Religion News Service here.
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‘What does it look like to tell the Good News through the stories of women who are often on the margins of scripture and often set up to represent bad news?’ asks the Rev. Wilda Gafney. Read the article from Religion News Service.
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After coming out as a transgender woman more than two years ago, Vica Steel never dreamed of forging a path to church leadership. Until now.
“It’s Never Too Late” is a series from the New York Times that tells the stories of people who decide to pursue their dreams on their own terms. Read the article here which highlights Vica Steel, who is studying at Wartburg Theological Seminary, in Dubuque, Iowa, to become an ELCA pastor.
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On 9/15/2021, members of Sodhi’s family, friends as well as nationally known elected leaders and people of different faiths gathered at the Chevron station in Mesa, Arizona, to memorialize Sodhi. Catholic Sister Simone Campbell revered Sodhi as a saint and a holy man “for his generosity in caring for neighbors.” Read the article from Religion News Service here.
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Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. View the slideshow here.
This week’s photo gallery includes Yom Kippur, Bishop Rohrer’s installation, the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Balbir Singh Sodhi’s memorial in Mesa, Arizona, and more.
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“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service president and CEO Krish O’Mara Vignarajah said. “The outpouring of support we’ve seen … feels unprecedented and awe-inspiring. It feels like a unique moment.”
In a typical week, LIRS would see maybe a dozen people sign up to volunteer. In the past three weeks, 45,000 people signed up. And LIRS has partnerships lined up with Airbnb for housing, Uber for transportation and Walmart for gift cards.
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'You cannot be a truly godly person unless you have respect for every path to God,' said Monsignor Jim Lisante, who lost 30 parishioners on 9/11. Read the article from Religion News Service here.
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Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. View the slideshow here.
This week’s photo gallery includes tensions with Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, Rosh Hashana and more.
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‘We’re very, very nervous,’ said Sarah Abramson of Combined Jewish Philanthropies in Boston. Millions of Americans say they could face eviction as the federal eviction moratorium ends. Read the article from Religion News Service here.
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The popular hymn prompted a movement to revive congregational singing and launched the careers of Keith and Kristyn Getty. Read the article from Religion News Service here.
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Though anti-Muslim sentiments grew in the wake of 9/11, another legacy of that historic day is the evolution and advancement of interfaith cooperation in the United States. Read the article from Religion News Service here.
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Americans from Muslim, Arab, Sikh, South Asian and other communities were suddenly subject to a torrent of suspicion and hate after 9/11, and that suspicion has been institutionalized by discriminatory government profiling and policies. Read the opinion article from Religion News Service here.
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Forbidden images, illuminated manuscripts and even maps testify to the creativity humans bring to the project of making the transcendent tangible. Read the article from Religion News Service here.
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