This weekend Bodhi Tree Concerts is presenting "The Long Dark Shadow: A
Musical Consideration of Injustice in America." One of the featured
songs is "Strange Fruit." KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando invited
soloist Dale Fleming and Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Choir
director Ken Anderson to come into the KPBS studio to record the song.
Thanks to Kurt Kohnen and Mike Damron for the technical assistance in
capturing the performance.
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Black History Month - 20 Stories Christians Should Know
Meet the leaders, activists, ministers, and artists who changed the church and the world.
CT Editors
I Assumed Science Had All the Answers
| I Assumed Science Had All the Answers. Then I Started Asking Questions
My journey from atheist dogma to Christian faith was paved with intellectual and spiritual surprises.
Sy Garte
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had an unusual childhood for an American. Members of my extended family
were union organizers and left-wing radicals, and my parents had even
been members of the American Communist Party. My indoctrination in the
dogmas of communism and atheism was deep and long lasting. At the same
time, my father gave me a love of science and reason, and he taught me
the importance of asking questions. These gifts, along with my training
in scientific thought and research, eventually cracked open the prison
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Polyamory: Pastors’ Next Sexual Frontier
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Polyamory: Pastors’ Next Sexual Frontier
These once-taboo relationships are showing up in churches across the US.
Preston Sprinkle and Branson Parler
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pastor recently told me (Preston) about Tyler and Amanda (names
changed), high-school sweethearts raised in Christian homes, living in
the Bible belt. After getting married, they seemed to be living the
American dream with a house, good jobs, and two kids. Then Jon, a friend
of Tyler’s, began living with their family. Amanda developed a close
relationship with him, but their flirtation soon developed into
something more, and Jon and Amanda proposed to Tyler that they begin
exploring polyamory, ...
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We Need to Read the Bible Jesus Read
The First Testament
The Old Testament is vital for understanding the New Testament. It’s also indispensable all by itself.
Brent A. Strawn
Want Your Kids to Stay Christian?
Data suggests that what you do with your free time affects your family’s long-term spiritual formation.
Lyman Stone
The novel coronavirus now dubbed COVID-19 has struck fear around Asia and the world. As many as 760 million people
in China have been quarantined, and perhaps 110 million are barred from
even exiting their apartment, all as part of China’s effort to prevent a
pandemic.
In Hong Kong, where my wife ...
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Holy Land Experience Lays Off Workers
Florida theme park to focus on Bible museum.
Associated Press
A
Christian-oriented theme park in central Florida that describes itself
as "bringing the Bible to life" is laying off most of its workers.
The
Holy Land Experience last week filed notice with the city of Orlando
and state officials announcing it would be eliminating 118 positions.
That represents ...
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The New Face of Medical Missions
| The New Face of Medical Missions
The missionary physicians of the 21st century will be Africans—and US missions agencies couldn’t be happier.
Susan Mettes
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the rainy season nears an end in Africa’s Rift Valley, the boys
harvesting avocados start falling out of trees. If a boy breaks a bone,
he may go to Kibuye Hope, a rural mission hospital in the East African
nation of Burundi. There, for the first time in the 73-year history of
the hospital, he may receive care from a full-time, permanent missionary
surgeon who is Burundian.
That surgeon, Alliance Niyukuri, joined the missionary staff of Kibuye Hope in 2018, moving his family to its residences ...
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‘Are You Ready to Live Lent to the Fullest?’
ZENIT FEATURE: ‘Are You Ready to Live Lent to the Fullest?’ — Church Leaders Worldwide Weigh In
Jim Fair
This Part of the Liturgical Year is About More than Giving Up Chocolate ‘The Lord Is Pleased With This Brotherly Affection Between Us,’ Pope Welcomes Orthodox Delegation
Deborah Castellano Lubov
Laments Their Churches Have Sealed Their Faith in Christ in BloodPope Francis Cites Letter of Benedict XVI’s, Saying It Remains as Timely as Ever
Deborah Castellano Lubov
Francis Encourages Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts to Keep Present Pastoral Nature of Canon LawPope Prays for God’s Consolation for Those Mourning Shooting in Hanau, Germany
Deborah Castellano Lubov
‘Pope Francis entrusts the deceased to the mercy of God and implores
Christ, the Lord of life, so that those mourning will find consolation
and trust, and be accompanied by the blessing and peace of God’Archbishop in Philippines: Inappropriate Clapping at Mass Must End
ZENIT Staff
‘Who would have
clapped at Calvary?’Pope’s Address to Plenary Assembly of Pontifical Council for Interpretation of Legislative Texts
ZENIT Staff
Thanks Participants for Sevice to ChurchAnother Catholic diocese seeks bankruptcy after abuse deals
'There is not some separation between Jesus and Justice.' How Rev. William J. Barber II uses his faith to fight for the poor.
TIME: Barber takes a holistic view of the relationship among injustices, from ecological devastation to systemic racism, and he believes solutions must come from listening to those most affected.
TIME: Barber takes a holistic view of the relationship among injustices, from ecological devastation to systemic racism, and he believes solutions must come from listening to those most affected.
Potawatomi Christian chapel speaker Kaitlin Curtice draws ire of Baylor student group
Religion News Service: Curtice's remarks during the school's three chapel services about her journey of "decolonizing" her faith drew pushback from a student group at the private Christian university in Texas, and her message was reportedly interrupted by a shouting student.
Religion News Service: Curtice's remarks during the school's three chapel services about her journey of "decolonizing" her faith drew pushback from a student group at the private Christian university in Texas, and her message was reportedly interrupted by a shouting student.
Shadowy church is at center of coronavirus outbreak in South Korea*
The New York Times: As the country's infection numbers soar, most cases have been connected to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which mainstream churches consider a cult.
The New York Times: As the country's infection numbers soar, most cases have been connected to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which mainstream churches consider a cult.
The truth about testimonies
Christian Century: We live in a culture reeling from loudmouthed Christianity.
Christian Century: We live in a culture reeling from loudmouthed Christianity.
Another Catholic diocese seeks bankruptcy after abuse deals
Associated Press: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, six months after disclosing it had paid millions of dollars to people sexually abused as children by its clerics.
Associated Press: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, six months after disclosing it had paid millions of dollars to people sexually abused as children by its clerics.
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