Religion News
The Bright Side of Life
A traveler approaches a city, and asks a farmer “what sort of people live in the next town?” “What were people like where you come from?”…
Latest from Sam
Religion News
Issues
Churches Say: “You’re not the Boss of Me!”
Pastor Jon Duncan of the Cross Culture Christian Center in Lodi, Calif., has been ordered by the San Joaquin County Department of Health to stop religious…
Opinion
Science and the Soul
The most brilliant scientists and engineers build a car. It’s beautiful, a piece of art, painted brightly, accented with chrome. An electric motor, the latest in…
Opinion
Coronavirus Opens Opportunities for Homeschooling and Religious Instruction
Even though the Coronavirus pandemic is creating hardships around the world, opportunity is knocking. A friend who teaches high school is off work, her school closed…
Religion News
Vandalism and How to Deal With It
A few years ago, someone began breaking windows in the church I attend. I became one of the volunteers who stood watch at night to prevent…
Anglicanism
Politics, Religion and the Principled Life
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch,” said Benjamin Franklin. Democracies had failed in the past, blown to pieces…
Christianity
Russia Blacklists Hundreds of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) has relegated more than 200 Jehovah’s Witnesses to its List of ‘Persons Involved in Extremism or Terrorism,’ according to Jehovah’s…
Christianity
How Does Your Congregation Grow?
The news seems ominous. Studies show Christianity on the ropes in Europe and on the decline in the United States. Church buildings going on the real…
Opinion
Fishing for Love: Advice for Daughters
Looking for love is a lot like fishing. Where you fish, what kind of bait you use, what you throw back and what you keep, all…
Islam
Islam and the Problem of Religious Stereotypes
So far, the United States has done a rather good job at including Muslims into society, and at differentiating the vast majority of followers of Muhammad…
Buddhism
Identity and Religion: The War Against the Spirit
Who are you? What is your identity? Are you your name, your family, your car, your bank account, the language you speak or the accent with…
Islam
The Great Religious Wall of China
As many as a million Muslim Uighurs are currently imprisoned in Chinese “re-education camps,” according to new data released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists…