Sight-Seeing: Four steps clergy can take to avoid burnout
In an article first published by Religion News Service, RAE JEAN PROESHOLD-BELL, an associate professor at the Duke Global Health Institute and research director of Duke Divinity School’s Clergy Health Initiative, looks at four key strategies pastors can use to avoid burning out…
Ex-Pope Benedict XVI steps back from a book that put him at odds with Pope Francis
Vatican City RNS Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI asked Tuesday not to be mentioned as co-author of a book scheduled for release in February, according to a close aide. Excerpts from the book published on Monday appeared to place the ex-pope at odds with Pope Francis on priestly celibacy. “This morning, on the request of the […]
Iran makes arrests over plane disaster as protests rage on
Dubai, UAE Reuters Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation since the military belatedly admitted its error. Wednesday’s shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, killing all 176 people […]
As flood waters recede, Jakarta residents file lawsuit against governor
Bangkok, Thailand Thomson Reuters Foundation More than 200 Jakarta residents have filed a lawsuit against the governor of Indonesia’s capital as they seek to hold authorities responsible over their inaction during some of the deadliest flooding in years, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said. At least 60 people were killed and nearly 175,000 were displaced […]
Equality at work ‘decades away’ in Britain as men dominate top jobs
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation Equality for women at work is decades away in Britain, according to a study released on Monday that found just six per cent of chief executives at leading companies are female, with representation in some sectors going backwards. Men still dominate positions of power across politics, the law, media, sport […]
Christian woman en route to her wedding, 10 others killed in Nigeria
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News Suspected Boko Haram terrorists killed a woman and her bridal party in north-east Nigeria days before her planned New Year’s Eve wedding, and eight other Christians were killed in separate attacks, sources said. Martha Bulus and her two bridesmaids were stopped on 26th December as they made their way from Gwoza, […]
BOOKS: A STORY OF FAMILY, TRAGEDY – AND LOVE
DAVID ADAMS reads Mitch Albom’s book about a relationship that turned his and his wife Janine’s lives upside-down…
London launches green energy firm to fight climate change, poverty
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation London’s mayor launched a green energy company that will provide “fair-priced” electricity from renewable sources on Monday, seeking to reduce carbon emissions and make fuel more affordable. One in 10 Londoners cannot afford to pay their energy bills, according to figures from the mayor’s office, which said the new, company […]
“Red in tooth and claw”
People have long looked at nature and wondered: ‘What type of world do we live in? Kill or be killed, survival of the fittest?’ As Tennyson put it, the world is “red in tooth and claw!” A leopard with its kill in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania. PICTURE: Colin Watts/Unsplash It’s a challenge to the Christian idea that […]
Why schism? United Methodist leaders explain proposal to split the denomination
RNS The 16 United Methodist bishops and advocacy group leaders who negotiated a recent proposal to split the denomination explained their reasoning at an event held on Monday that was streamed live by United Methodist News Service. They also forecast dire consequences if the proposal, officially called “A Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace Through Separation”, isn’t approved […]