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Need to know: Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Bread for the World taps Eugene Cho as new president
“(Cho) is a powerful voice in a humble package,” said John Carr, chairman of Bread's board.
The Friars’ Briar — Canada’s clergy curling tournament — puts faith and fellowship on ice
The Friars’ Briar is clergy’s answer to the Tim Hortons Brier, the annual Canadian men's curling championship, which ended Sunday.
In California, residents may be able to compost their bodies after death
California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, a Democrat, in late February introduced a piece of legislation that would give residents the legal option to have their bodies transformed into soil.
Vatican tightens safety measures after Italy reports second-highest coronavirus death toll
The walled city adjusts as Italy's death toll from coronavirus continues to climb.
In tornado-stricken Nashville, will we rebuild or gentrify?
A Nashville activist theologian who has been dubbed ‘the tornado chaplain’ is adamant that the city’s most recent disaster doesn't benefit predatory developers.
God vs. Coronavirus
Religion is supposed to be a source of comfort in times of confusion and suffering. And yet everywhere you look, services are being suspended, writes Mattia Ferraresi.
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Nashville church worships in the rubble after deadly tornado
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — 'Nashville is now primed to show the world what we’re made of,' the pastor of Mount Bethel Missionary Baptist Church told his congregants Sunday as they met in a tent on their storm-ravaged campus. And the people responded, 'Amen.'
Kirk Franklin: ‘Kumbaya moments’ are not enough for better race relations
Franklin said on TBN that 'black and brown people in America are looking for the church to be a safe haven, but at times it isn’t always answering to that call.'
Jewish leaders: Nazi flag at Sanders rally further proof of rise in anti-Semitism
‘Targeting a Jewish candidate with a Nazi flag represents a new level of depravity,’ tweeted Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League. ‘There is no place for hate in politics.’
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International Women’s Day should celebrate invisible women, too — like my mother
(RNS) — Without the community she found in her local church and savings circle, her story, mine and many others' would have turned out very different.
The stories we tell about our country and our faith matter
Too many influential people believe and tell the story that either a diverse America is a threat to Christianity or that Christianity is a threat to a diverse America, write Michael Wear and Amy E. Black.
PMS is not a sin of the flesh
(RNS) — Christianity's roots in Greek philosophy give us plenty of talk of 'fighting the flesh.' But women’s bodies are not the problem. Our hormones are not problematic.
