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Covid-19 Coronavirus, Faith Goes Virtual, Celebrated Religious Gatherings, Health-Care Sharing Ministries, China Tightens Control of Religion California Says Health Care Sharing Ministries “Misleading” The California Department…
WRN Editorial Staff
Mar 16, 2020
Religion News
Recently, I listened to a streaming radio station dedicated to singer-songwriters. Jackson Brown, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell — all artists I’d enjoyed…
Religion News
Largest Buddhist Temples, Bible in Sign Language, Muslim Thanks Sikhs, Quebec Bans Religious Symbols, Beautiful Nigerian Churches, Lutheran Students Drive Tractors to School, Douglas and Zeta-Jones…
WRN Editorial Staff
Mar 9, 2020
Books
A 25-year-old with thousands of students around the world, Avikrita Vajra Sakya is one of the highest-ranked lamas in Tibetan Buddhism. Born in the U.S. as…
Religion News
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…
Buddhism
Biblical Plague, Give up Phones for Lent?, Minister Farrakhan, Thich Quang Do, SCOTUS to hear Catholic Foster Case, Boko Haram, Coronavirus and Hajj Give up Phones…
WRN Editorial Staff
Mar 2, 2020
In Their Own Words
The idea hit me as I was driving, through the border from Germany to France: Germany, a separate state? France, a separate state? So, what is…
Anglicanism
“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…
Religion News
Church for Sale, Coronavirus, Kirk Douglas, LGBT Services, Lent, Latter-day Saints and Gender, Sen. Orrin Hatch, Chinese Churches Christ Church Cathedral Begins LGBT+ Services Christ Church…
WRN Editorial Staff
Feb 24, 2020
Christianity
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…
Religion News
Religion and Politics, Klobuchar, Coronavirus and the Eucharist, Polygamy, Faith-Based Treatment of Vets, No to Married Priests, State of the Church Survey 2020 State of the…
WRN Editorial Staff
Feb 16, 2020
Christianity
I grew up in the 1970s, when the U.S. first had overtly negative dealings with Iran. In 1953, we had helped to topple the democratically elected…