Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

Bruce Reed and John Bridgeland, the heads of Domestic Policy for Presidents Bill Clinton and Bush, respectively, issued a report today highlighting a looming crisis in the charitable sector: “More than 14 million Americans – 11 percent of American workers – are employed by or volunteer full-time in the nonprofit sector. That’s more than the…

Few religious rituals prompt more water cooler conversation than the idea of giving up something for Lent. Fasting for Lent originally was meant to profoundly connect Christians to Jesus’s struggle against temptation from the Devil. Some early church fathers specifically envisioned a connection between Lenten fasting and lust. (Click here to learn why Saint Thomas…

An interesting set of opeds in the New York Times from two important religious leaders, arguing opposite sides of the question: is it a good idea for the International Criminal Court to arrest Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, on war crimes for fomenting genocide? Tutu: African leaders argue that the court’s action will impede efforts…

Cathy Grossman of USA Today writes about a new Washington state law gives doctors the option of providing life-ending medicines to terminally ill patients. One doctor who said he probably wouldn’t participate nonetheless added, “There’s possibly a story out there, in the future, that’s so compelling that maybe I would write a prescription.” I appreciate…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners