Source: CNN (CNN)Pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch says it’s opening its doors Tuesday to residents displaced by flooding. Lakewood Church, which was founded by Osteen’s father in the 1950s, […]
Source: Christian Today It takes a lot to cancel church in the shiny Bible Belt stronghold of Houston, Texas, home to more megachurches than any city in America. Specifically, 9 […]
Source: The New York Times By ADAM LIPTAK AUG. 28, 2017 Photo A protest of President Trump’s travel ban outside an appeals court in Seattle in May. CreditDavid Ryder/Reuters WASHINGTON — In the […]
Source: The Washington Post By Perry Stein, The Washington Post Posted Aug 26, 2017 at 8:42 PMUpdated Aug 26, 2017 at 8:44 PM The Rev. Al Sharpton organized more than 1,000 religious leaders from multiple faiths to rally Monday […]
Source: Los Angeles Times By Abby Sewell Reem Kaedbey was never very religious. She’s not even sure there is a God. But when it came to marriage, she never had […]
Source: The New York Times Abraham never fit in. Hisham finally felt at home. Then their worlds collided in western Arkansas. By SABRINA TAVERNISE Photographs by ETHAN TATE for The New York Times AUGUST […]
Reuters International AUGUST 16, 2017 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson adjusts his glasses as he delivers remarks on the 2016 International Religious Freedom Annual report at the State Department in Washington, U.S. August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (reuters_tickers) By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. allies including Saudi […]
Source: Yahoo News BY JP Mangalindan After two months of infighting, Uber’s board offered Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi the Uber chief executive role — a role Khosrowshahi accepted just hours later, a source […]
Source: Huffington Post Over 25 inches of rain fell on some parts of Southeast Texas. By Roque Planas, Alana Horowitz Satlin, David Lohr, Eline Gordts, Nick Baumann Harvey’s center is […]
God hates Texas? Leading evangelicals try to turn Hurricane Harvey away from Texas using the power of prayer, and fail. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/08/evangelicals-try-pray-hurricane-harvey-away-fail/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=367 In a predictable effort, leading Christian evangelicals tried to “command” Hurricane Harvey “to dissipate in the name of Jesus.” However, Harvey refused their request, as did their imaginary God, […]
Source: Time BY Zeke J Miller Aug 25, 2017 President Donald Trump on Friday formally ordered the Department of Defense to reverse a 2016 order allowing transgender individuals to serve openly in […]
Source: BBC News More than 1,000 people have been rescued in flooded parts of Houston, as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to batter Texas with heavy rains. There is a “flash […]
Source: Time BY ROBIN SHULMAN | PHOTOGRAPHS BY DANNY WILCOX FRAZIER—VII FOR TIME Just over a year ago, Ghazweh Aljabooli and her husband and five children landed at the Des Moines airport and […]
Source: Time By David Z. Morris A quarter of the members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, whose purview includes national cybersecurity, have resigned. In a group resignation letter, they […]
Source: NPR BY TOM GJELTEN Jewish groups have broadened their work to oppose all forms of bigotry. Following the violence in Charlottesville, Va., more non-Jews see the reality of anti-Semitism […]
Source: ETonline By Liz Calvario We finally know why JAY-Z and Beyonce named their twins Rumi and Sir. The 47-year-old rapper explained the origin of their little ones’ names in […]
Source: Religion News Service By Kimberly Winston | August 23, 2017 (RNS) — There were no burning crosses or other hijacked symbols of religion on obvious display when white nationalists descended on Charlottesville, […]
Source: The Washington Post By Anthea Butler August 23 at 6:23 PM A young boy clasps hands while demonstrators and sympathizers hear a prayer as they continued to stand at a rope […]
Source: The Guardian At seven years old, Abdul El-Sayed sat in the eye of Hurricane Andrew, the most destructive hurricane in US history until Katrina. Living near Miami, El-Sayed drank […]
Source: USA Today BY Jonathan Merritt, Opinion contributor In the wake of President Trump’s waffling on white supremacy, his supporters and advisers have abandoned him in droves. After a wave of […]