EULESS, Texas (RNS) — Vladimir Grygorenko’s work as an iconographer has taken him to high places, literally and spiritually. Specifically, for the past four months, he’s spent long hours 65 feet above the altar in St. John the Baptist Greek...
(RNS) — This is the question that begins the Passover seder: “Why is this night different from all other nights?” Oh, it was different alright. The matzah crumbs were still on the dining room table, and the wine-stained Haggadot were...
(RNS) — The New Yorker magazine has just managed to insult Christians and Jews alike with a cartoon depicting the Last Supper. In the drawing, by Adam Sacks, Jesus, sitting at what we take to be the Last Supper, says...
NEW YORK (RNS) — A 17th-century letter considered the blueprint for religious freedom in the U.S. was displayed for the first time in seven years at the New York Public Library on Tuesday (April 8). The Flushing Remonstrance, signed by...
(RNS) — When Sasha Allen, a trans singer, sat down to write his first release after going independent, he thought he was going to write an “eff-off” song. But the song he ended up writing, with its reflections on religious...
(RNS) — Twenty years after it reached its terrible conclusion, few of us may remember or understand just how strongly the case of how we think about Terri Schiavo gripped the United States in the late 1990s and early aughts....
This week, you’ll hear a powerful panel discussion hosted by Rev. Paul Raushenbush and featuring four leading LGBTQ+ and faith activists: Chase Strangio (ACLU), Tahil Sharma (LGBTQ Task Force), Jon Cohen (Keshet), and Ross Keys (Interfaith Alliance of North...
(RNS) — As Christians mark Lent, Muslims mark Ramadan and Jews mark Passover, leaders from numerous faith traditions are gathering each week in front of the Capitol. They are calling on Congress to show moral courage and act in the...
(RNS) — The war between Israel and Hamas is so devastating for both Palestinians and Israelis that the only human response is tears. The Hamas terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, was barbaric. Over 1,000 people were killed...
(RNS) — Harpreet Singh Toor, a Sikh man, is a longtime resident of Richmond Hill, a Queens, New York, neighborhood with a larger than average South Asian population. Toor attends Hindu festivals, works with Hindu men and women and even...
