Beliefs

"I hope the community will be brought together in Spokane, but people will also feel connected to activists across the globe and feel affirmed." Rev....

(RNS) While religious liberty remains a "core value" in Arizona, Gov. Jan Brewer said Wednesday, "so is non-discrimination." And therein lies the balancing act that's at the root of several other disputes.

Ignorance persists In those who Ignore

(RNS) The filmmakers knew they wanted to tell a story about a Muslim who did something heroic during World War II, because so few stories are known. Noor Inayat Khan’s story was the most alluring because of her deep spirituality.

It is wrong to use scripture (ANY scripture) to discriminate against others and it is wrong to declare oneself the victim when one has been caught doing such a thing.

Lent is approaching, the six-week period leading up to Easter when many Christians around the world give up something as a form of penitence.

This topic surfaced in a couple of my earlier columns, but to reiterate, I’d point out that there’s no archaeological evidence of many, if not most, of the “big events” in the Bible, either.