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A ‘prophetic’ force: Queer songwriter Spencer LaJoye finds resonance outside religion
By Kathryn Post — June 29, 2023
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (RNS) — Since their 2021 song ‘Plowshare Prayer’ went viral, LaJoye, who is spiritual but not Christian, has been invited to perform in churches across the U.S.
Religious conference planning continues amid COVID-19, socially distant or online
By Adelle M. Banks — March 24, 2021
(RNS) — Religious conference planners are waiting to hear whether their meetings will go on as expected this year and contemplating how they will look as the pandemic continues.
Evangelical Christian colleges take steps to address racial justice after criticism
By Kathryn Post and Adelle M. Banks — August 13, 2020
(RNS) — Christian colleges have been challenged to ‘become a school that no longer has students who are guests and hosts,’ one leader said.
Religious conference organizers cancel, monitor upcoming events in light of virus
By Adelle M. Banks — March 12, 2020
(RNS) — With reports of cases in the Washington metropolitan area and the pandemic declaration by the WHO, ‘there was no question anymore,’ one organizer said.
Earth Days past and present
By Richard Mouw — April 19, 2018
(RNS) — If I had to choose a Bible verse for a sermon I would give on Earth Day this year, it would be Psalm 24, verse 1: 'The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.' And I would encourage our taking an inventory of what is happening in 'the fullness thereof.'
Billy Graham was ‘the last nonpartisan evangelical’?
By John G. Stackhouse Jr. — March 1, 2018
(RNS) — 'Most evangelical energies, hours, dollars and prayers do not go toward politics of any stripe, but toward churches, missions, schools and charities, both here and abroad,' writes John G. Stackhouse Jr.
When black women talked about race and gender in the church
By Nicola A. Menzie — April 5, 2017
(RNS) A white pastor from a mostly white denomination tried to silence them.
BYU, other Christian schools ranked among the least LGBT-friendly campuses
By Annie Knox — August 11, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY The Princeton Review released a number of annual Top 20 lists. Emerson College in Boston was named the most accommodating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Good Friday, the end of the world
By Jana Riess — April 18, 2014
Somewhere, for someone, today is Good Friday, the end of the world. Where is our compassion?
How your power bill is connected to loving your neighbor
By Jonathan Merritt — February 4, 2014
American's energy use is harming some of our poorest citizens, and one Christian organization is trying to spread the word.
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