Essay: The science of spiritual fortitude – the key to enduring faith

In an article first published on Religion News Service, JAMIE ATEN, author and founder and executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, looks at the ideas of resilience and its Biblical counterpart, “spiritual fortitude”…
Rising heat scorches recovery efforts in cyclone-hit Indian state

Chennai, India Thomson Reuters Foundation From the safety of a relative’s house, Mohammed Tazmul Hussein watched coconut trees crashing onto the roof of his home as Cyclone Fani barrelled into eastern India. Two weeks after the cyclone struck Odisha state on India’s east coast, travelling at 200kph and forcing the evacuation of more than one […]