natural disasters
From shoeboxes to war zones: How Samaritan’s Purse became a $1 billion humanitarian aid powerhouse
By Yonat Shimron and Bob Smietana — September 9, 2022
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (RNS) — Now one of the largest US nonprofits, its growth has come largely through frontline work in public health crises and natural disasters around the world.
Officials: Landslide at Shiite shrine in Iraq kills 8
By Associated Press — August 22, 2022
BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraqi officials say a landslide collapsed the ceiling of a Shiite shrine near the holy city of Karbala, killing at least seven people.
‘Only God can do that’: How Nebraskans are reconciling faith and flooding
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 8, 2019
LINCOLN, Neb. (RNS) — Here’s a look at how a few Nebraska communities — Christian, Yazidi and Ponca — are reconciling their faiths with the devastating floods that have swept across the Midwest.
Churches and other faith-based groups lend a hand after historic Nebraska floods
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 29, 2019
OMAHA, Neb. (RNS) — Local churches and national faith-based disaster relief groups — along with state and federal officials — are stepping in to lend a hand with recovery after floodwaters raged across the Midwest earlier this month.
Survivors of California’s unending fires cook up Thanksgiving for latest victims
By Paul O'Donnell — November 20, 2018
(RNS) — Rallying more than 100 volunteers, three women who have lost homes or family members to fires plan to feed 1,000 people on Thanksgiving Day.
As wildfires rage, California town rallies for material, spiritual help
By Yonat Shimron — August 20, 2018
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Even if the fires are mostly contained, with about 1,600 structures, mostly homes, consumed, the community will rely on churches, parachurch organizations and individuals to lead the way.
After a fire destroyed his life’s work, an artist renews quest to paint Torah
By Paul O'Donnell — July 5, 2018
MOSHAV BEIT MEIR, Israel (RNS) — After a fire destroyed his life's work two years ago, American-Israeli painter Yoram Raanan finds new inspiration for paintings that depict key scenes from the Torah.
Religion is uniquely human, but computer simulations may help us understand religious behavior
By The Conversation — June 11, 2018
(The Conversation) — Human simulation in action is messier than modeling bridges, but it can be a useful way for researchers to understand just why people behave the way they do.
America hardly notices while Louisiana drowns
By Alan Cross — August 24, 2016
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (RNS) But churches spring into action and racial tensions are washed away.
Amid Nepal’s shattered shrines and temples, a religious fatalism sets in
By Vishal Arora — April 30, 2015
KATHMANDU, Nepal (RNS) A 7.8-magnitude earthquake shattered many of Nepal's most famous religious sites but doesn't seem to have shaken the faith of its people.
Utah storehouse at top of Mormon food chain
By Brooke Adams — April 27, 2012
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) The massive new Utah Bishops' Central Storehouse is the centerpiece of the Mormons' intricate network for taking care of its members and lending a hand to others in times of natural disasters. Holding a can of peaches grown on church-owned orchards, manager Richard Humpherys says, it's "the best food money can't buy." By Brooke Adams.
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