DIY Faith
Kanye West at Coachella was a substitute Easter for sinner-saints
By Heather Adams — April 23, 2019
(RNS) — Beyond his showmanship, some experts say, the God-obsessed rapper is offering something the church typically doesn’t allow for: a space where people are allowed to be saint and sinner.
What to do about ordination? A gay divinity school student ponders her future
By Yonat Shimron — April 23, 2019
DURHAM (RNS) — Dozens of LGBTQ United Methodist seminary students will graduate next month from the 13 schools affiliated with the denomination. Like Spencer Cullom, who is a lesbian, they face an uncertain future.
World’s oldest marathoner, at 108, is a model of more than simply stamina
By Simran Jeet Singh — April 22, 2019
(RNS) — The 108-year-old's record-breaking running career traverses key issues like classism, racism, literacy bias, ableism and ageism.
Cohousing communities hope to offer antidote to America’s epidemic of loneliness
By Steve Rabey — April 22, 2019
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (RNS) — In a time of social isolation and loneliness, cohousing communities are on the rise. Residents say life together has challenges but offers many rewards.
At Boston Marathon bombing anniversary, local Muslims host blood drive
By Aysha Khan — April 19, 2019
BOSTON (RNS) – Six years after the deadly Boston Marathon bombing, a local mosque continues to host an annual blood drive in honor of those affected by the terror attack.
Stranded at New York auto show, car writers meet for (corporate-sponsored) seder
By Jeffrey Yoskowitz — April 19, 2019
NEW YORK (RNS) — For Jews who cover the car industry at the New York International Auto Show's media days, which often fall during Passover, the seder at Katz’s Deli has become a respite.
Stations of the Cross for trafficking victims protests New York’s decriminalization effort
By Rosie Dawson — April 19, 2019
NEW YORK (RNS) — The Stations of the Cross was also a mobile protest against an attempt by New York state legislators to decriminalize all aspects of the sex trade.
Kitniyot or not? As Jewish traditions merge in Israel, a Passover debate emerges
By Paul O'Donnell — April 18, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — At Passover, Jews of Eastern European descent abstain from eating legumes such as chickpeas and soybeans. Sephardic Jews have no such prohibition. What does seder look like when the two groups come together?
Gallup: Number of Americans who belong to a church or house of worship plummets
By Bob Smietana — April 18, 2019
(RNS) — A new Gallup study found that only half of Americans belong to a church or other house of worship, down from 69 percent two decades ago.
Rastafarianism, promising freedom, spreads among African youth
By Tonny Onyulo — April 17, 2019
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — A faith that originated in the Caribbean islands has drawn many adherents through its social justice and anti-colonialist messages.
For millennials, mysticism shows a path to their home faiths
By Cathleen Falsani — April 16, 2019
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (RNS) — A growing number of millennials are finding that contemplative spirituality is a way to bridge the faith they grew up with and their yearning for deeper connections to God.
On Vaisakhi, making the spiritual and long ago immediate and personal
By Simran Jeet Singh — April 12, 2019
(RNS) — Connecting with a sacred moment of servant-leadership can be done by looking for ways to incorporate humility into our daily lives.
How psychics, suddenly everywhere, are healing the world
By Tara Isabella Burton — April 11, 2019
(RNS) — This year's equivalent of 'yoni' eggs, psychics — pardon me, 'intuitive healers' — are more than the latest trend in wellness culture; they are redeeming human feeling as a basic truth.
The spirituality of mending
By Laura Everett — April 10, 2019
(RNS) — Amid our frenzy to declutter, we are drowning in disposables. Mending asks us to fix what we have.
In Los Angeles, a house for all heretics
By Heather Morrison — April 10, 2019
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — A private home known as Heretic House fills a church-shaped hole for the city's atheists without the trappings of belief in a higher power.
