‘Purple church’ pastors mull leadership strategies in polarising times
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US RNS Each Wednesday evening, a group of congregants from First Baptist Church of Mt Olive, located about 105 kilometres south-east of Raleigh, gathers for a Bible study called “Tackling Tough Topics Together”. The 10 to 20 regulars have discussed race, human sexuality and mental illness. Those kinds of conversations are rare […]
Myanmar junta leader urges foreign powers to back its return to democracy
Reuters Myanmar’s military ruler on Monday urged his foreign critics to get behind his junta’s planned return to democracy, instead of siding with a resistance movement he called “terrorists” bent on destroying the country. Addressing an annual armed forces day parade, Min Aung Hlaing, whose February, 2021, coup plunged Myanmar into chaos, said international condemnation […]
UN rights mission blasts EU on Libya migrant abuses
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters European Union backing for Libyan authorities who stop and detain migrants means the bloc has “aided and abetted” rights violations against migrants, an investigator for a UN mission said on Monday. The EU and member states have supported and trained the Libyan coastguard, which returns migrants stopped at sea to detention centres, […]
Lebanon’s cabinet reverses decision to delay daylight savings time
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Lebanon’s caretaker premier said the cabinet had voted to move clocks one hour ahead on Wednesday night, reversing his decision to postpone the move to daylight savings time by a month that had sparked uproar across the country. Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday the decision had been taken after a […]
Re-parenting
Many of our personal problems can be traced back to the way we were parented. Were we encouraged or ignored? Loved or Abandoned? Emptied of ego, taught to move from wants to needs? To care for others? PICTURE: Julianne Liebermann/Unsplash The research around this is challenging. Often what we need is re-parenting. Who will do that for […]
Housing access: As US investors buy up rental homes, cities and tenants push back
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on growing alarm among tenants and city officials across the United States as private equity firms snapping up growing tracts of rental properties…
Whitney Houston’s family wants to highlight her Gospel roots
Los Angeles, US AP Whitney Houston’s brother remembers when his young sister listened to their mother during Gospel rehearsals before she mimicked every tune that was sung. As Houston rose to pop superstardom, her exceptionally talented vocals were rooted in Gospel music. And now, her family – led by her sister-in-law Pat and brother Gary […]
Essay: In Russia’s war against Ukraine, one of the battlegrounds is language itself
In an article first published on The Conversation, OLGA MAXWELL, a senior lecturer in the School of Languages and Linguistics at The University of Melbourne in Australia, looks at the “language question” in Ukraine and what role language is playing in the current conflict…