Same-Sex Marriage Going Away? Washington’s Lt. Gov Becoming a Priest, Orthodox Jews Defy COVID restrictions, She Became a Jew and Discovered Anti-Semitism, Why Amy Coney Barrett Might Surprise Everyone, Presbyterian Congregations and COVID
Thomas, Alioto – Right to Same-Sex Marriage Going Away?
Washington State’s Lt. Gov Becoming a Priest
Cyrus Habib, the lieutenant governor of Washington State is on unpaid leave for training to become a Jesuit priest. Habib, the only Iranian American to hold statewide public office, has survived three bouts of cancer and is blind. He does not plan to return to his office before his term is up in January, according to his office and the office of Gov. Jay Inslee. Habib said “I have felt a calling to dedicate my life in a more direct and personal way to serving the marginalized, empowering the vulnerable and healing those who suffer from spiritual wounds.”
She Thought Anti-Semitism Was Gone, Then She Became a Jew
Why Any Coney Barrett Might Surprise Everyone
“Hippie Christians” wanted God to be a living presence in their life. “When they prayed, they looked for the voice in their thoughts that did not feel like theirs. They came to believe that their prayers had power because God was acting through them. Many of these young Christians, guided by older pastors or elders, set up communities loosely modeled on the idea that they were like the early Christians, living communally, praying communally, changing the world. People of Praise was one such community.”
Six Month into COVID, Presbyterian Congregations Assessed
Presbytery leaders across the country are seeing everything from exhaustion and worry to collaboration and new energy, according to a nationwide information survey. The situation depends partly on local regulations and how hard the pandemic has hit that particular region.
Orthodox Jews Defy COVID restrictions to Celebrate Last of High Holidays
New York city and state governments have failed to get the Haredi, or ultra-Orthodox Jewish community to forego prayer gatherings of more than 10 for the last days of the High Holidays this year. Health experts fear that gatherings could seed a second wave of COVID-19 cases across the wider New York City region.