Webinar: Global Responses to Religious Nationalism
Ignore, resist, or engage? Global responses to religious nationalism The Lutheran World Federation, in partnership with the ELCA and the Indonesia Consortium for Religious Studies, will be hosting a webinar on September 22 to engage questions of responding to...
And Who is My Neighbor?
By Kathryn Mary Lohre In the parable of the Good Samaritan, the lawyer asks Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” We, too, are prone to ask this of Jesus – perhaps not in so many words, but with the same...
The Freedom of a Christian to Love Interreligiously
By Rev. Dr. Carmelo Santos The image became emblazoned in my memory. It was such a powerful visual representation of what it means to take seriously the divine command to love thy neighbor even across religious divides. A Coptic church...
Season of Creation: A Journey of Discipleship
[Jesus] answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27 (NRSV) By Rev....
NCC Laments the Turkish Decision to Convert the Hagia Sophia into a Mosque, and Remembers the Genocide at Srebrenica
The following is a statement of the National Council of the Churches of Christ USA (republished with permission). You can view their entire statement, including links to Orthodox Times articles, by visiting https://nationalcouncilofchurches.us/statement-on-hagia-sophia-and-remember-srebrenica-genocide/ The National Council of the Churches...
Amplifying the Message in Word and Deed: Liberation not Annexation
By Kathryn Mary Lohre The government of Israel has declared its intention to annex West Bank settlements and the Jordan Valley, as soon as July 1. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu depends on the backing of the US presidential...