Daily Archives: August 29, 2022

Matt Chandler, megachurch pastor and ACTS 29 leader, placed on leave

By Bob Smietana — August 29, 2022
(RNS) — Chandler sent overly familiar direct messages to a woman over Instagram, violating church policy.

Why Christian nationalism is un-Christian

By Thomas Reese — August 29, 2022
(RNS) — We can love the U.S. and recognize the sin of slavery, the genocide against Native peoples and our role in global warming.

Psychedelic salon looks to the possibility of sacred healing

By Kathryn Post — August 29, 2022
(RNS) — Against a backdrop of incense and multicolored lights, speakers shared how their lives had been transformed by plant medicine.

Mormonism’s tortured genius

By Jana Riess — August 29, 2022
(RNS) — The big-C ‘Mormon Church’ will not save us. But the little-c church keeps a light of hope kindled in my heart.

Evangelical group releases climate change report, urges a biblical mandate for action

By Jack Jenkins — August 29, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘We worship God by caring for creation,’ the report reads.

Pope Francis advises humility for newly elevated ‘princes of the church’

By Claire Giangravé — August 29, 2022
(RNS) — Francis praises selflessness and knowing when to step down as he prepares to gather with cardinals at the Vatican.

Chile hospital integrates Native medicine, birth to death

By Giovanna Dell'orto — August 29, 2022
OSORNO, Chile (AP) — The largest public hospital in the southern Chilean city of Osorno is finding new ways to incorporate Indigenous health practices, a move they say is restoring a crucial spiritual component to health care.

Afghan refugee enters not guilty plea in Muslim slayings

By Susan Montoya Bryan — August 29, 2022
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Afghan refugee with a "violent history" pleaded not guilty on Friday for three counts of murder against Muslim men in New Mexico.
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