Let’s take a look at 11 reasons given for blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah. Source: 11 Reasons Why We Blow the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah – An artistic presentation of images and text – High Holidays
But when we lose compassion for other human beings, when we stop being intentional about going after the lost, we are sacrificing individual and collective pieces of our humanity and we are exchanging them for evil. Source: Christians Should Stop Belittling Donald Trump
The Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture opens on September 24th on the National Mall in Washington. Correspondent Kim Lawton reports on the many ways it portrays the role of faith and spirituality in the African-American experience. She also talks with religious leaders about the impact they hope the new museum […]
Book Review: The End of White Christian America Source: Book Review: The End of White Christian America – Juicy Ecumenism
Advocates for “death with dignity” seem to deny reality, since no human death is truly dignified—even if a person chooses or accepts it. Instead, what ultimately gives death dignity is the kind of life that preceded it. Source: All Death is Death Without Dignity | Public Discourse
Source: For the High Holidays, Jews Turn to Psychotherapists With Questions About God – Tablet Magazine
Christians in North Korea face rape, torture, enslavement, and being killed for their faith, a damning new report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide has warned. Source: Christians ‘Hung On A Cross Over Fire’, Steamrollered And Crushed To Death In North Korea | Christian News on Christian Today
Being a member of the Church of England is to belong to a strange club, or so it seems to me. Source: The Church of England now has no place for believers in the traditional family
A new Anglican mission to rival the Church of England is being set up in the UK. Source: Anglican ‘Church’ For Conservative Christians Launches Mission In England | Christian News on Christian Today
Gerson calls Decius’s attitudes “prejudice,” the condition of “a certain kind of right-wing nationalist.” Isn’t it fun for a conservative, for once, to be able to talk like this! Isn’t it great that conservatives can play identity politics, too? Source: The Dishonest Capitulation of Michael Gerson | Mark Bauerlein | First Things
