Health & Lifestyle
Dodgers remove ‘queer and trans nuns’ from Pride Night amid Catholic pushback
By Alejandra Molina — May 18, 2023
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — The LA chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence said it was saddened that the team succumbed ‘to pressure from persons outside of the State of California and outside of our community.’
North Carolina clergy demonstrate against legislature’s new abortion limits
By Yonat Shimron — May 12, 2023
(RNS) — Their aim was to signal that not all Christians oppose abortion. A new state bill bans abortion after 12 weeks, down from the current 20.
Is it time for conservative Christians to give Freud another look?
By Jacob Lupfer — May 10, 2023
(RNS) — Freudian psychoanalysis might have something to offer religious believers.
How women have cultivated religious authority at LA’s Women’s Mosque of America
By Alejandra Molina — May 2, 2023
(RNS) — Author Tazeen M. Ali said the Women’s Mosque of America ‘has global implications for how we study Islam.’
Rabbi Harold Kushner, who wrote bestselling works of practical theology, dies at 88
By Ben Harris and Philissa Kramer — April 29, 2023
(JTA) — 'When Bad Things Happen to Good People', published in 1981, represented Kushner’s attempt to make sense of his son's suffering and eventual death.
LA’s Atheist Street Pirates go national in efforts to remove illegal religious signs
By Alejandra Molina — April 28, 2023
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — A recent art exhibition featured signs and banners volunteers had removed from across Southern California.
Where can seekers find community outside organized religion? Meet The Nearness
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 27, 2023
(RNS) — ‘One of the things that really strikes me is that we’re all drowning in content, but what we need are containers for connection,’ said Casper ter Kuile of The Nearness.
For neurodiverse Muslims, Ramadan presents extra challenges
By Silma Suba — April 20, 2023
(Interfaith America) — The inability to focus on prayers or perform timely rituals can also lead some people to doubt their faith.
‘Is this kosher?’ Jewish billboards in LA call for humane eating practices.
By Alejandra Molina — April 20, 2023
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — The billboards went up this week as part of a campaign launched by the Jewish Initiative for Animals against factory farming.
How the teen mental health crisis is turning some youth pastors into first responders
By Elizabeth E. Evans — April 18, 2023
(RNS) — Young people, youth pastors say, are pushing the church to be more willing to talk about mental health.
‘Is this when we disappear?’ Rapture triggers haunt the Left Behind generation
By Kathryn Post — April 17, 2023
(RNS) — For some, fear-saturated stories about the rapture can generate lifelong panic, paranoia and anxiety.
A grain farmer applies Buddhist principles to preserve the land — and maximize taste
By Shaina Shealy — April 12, 2023
(RNS) — Food and farming have always served as outlets for Mai Nguyen’s Buddhist practice. But a decade ago the Californian applied the faith's teachings of interconnectedness to a holistic approach to farming.
Fish sandwiches, Lenten discipline and the spirituality of consumerism
By Jacob Lupfer — April 6, 2023
(RNS) — Lent still has the power to modify some of the most scrupulously managed menus in the sector.
Eggs are in short supply. The crisis is bigger than a nontraditional Seder plate.
By Jonathan Bernhard — April 4, 2023
(RNS) — Let our missing Passover eggs prompt us to think about the meaning of kosher.
Prayer rug design project aims to highlight Islam’s diversity in US and Latin America
By Alejandra Molina — April 3, 2023
(RNS) — Mustafa Dustin Craun wants to create a conversation around family, place and belonging, asking: 'If you could design a prayer rug that reflects the place that you live, what would that look like?'
