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#ThisFlag Pastor Evan Mawarire arrested again after attacking Mugabe's government
#ThisFlag Pastor Evan Mawarire arrested again after attacking Mugabe's government

The arrest came after Mawarire urged fellow Zimbabweans to stand up against the government's economic measures in a post on Facebook.

University blocks research into transgender people who change their minds
University blocks research into transgender people who change their minds

According to the Times, psychotherapist James Caspian, who specialises in counselling transgender people, proposed the study to Bath Spa University for a master's degree in counselling and psychotherapy.

Can kids learn about God from singing, dancing vegetables? Yes, says VeggieTales
Can kids learn about God from singing, dancing vegetables? Yes, says VeggieTales

If you haven't checked out the new VeggieTales series, it debuted last week and it's a lot of fun.

Man who tried to blow up Australian Christian Lobby HQ commits suicide
Man who tried to blow up Australian Christian Lobby HQ commits suicide

The man who was charged in connection with an explosion at the Australian Christian Lobby offices in Canberra has committed suicide.

Lancelot Andrewes: 7 quotes from a great scholar and preacher
Lancelot Andrewes: 7 quotes from a great scholar and preacher

Andrewes was a fierce defender of the Church of England against what he saw as the excesses both of Roman Catholicism and extreme Protestantism.

The end of the world is postponed...until October
The end of the world is postponed...until October

Now is he claiming people misunderstood his theory and instead October 21 is the date to watch out for after which we are set for seven years of nuclear war and natural disaster.

Beginnings, memories and endings: why everyone's story matters
Beginnings, memories and endings: why everyone's story matters

Rev Steve Morris on his church's memory café - their weekly offering to our community. 'It is a place where people are forgetting their stories – slowly and inexorably as Alzheimer's takes hold. We've been listening to people to people life tales and recording them, so that when they forget we have them still.'

Seeking Aliveness: Reading the Bible with Brian McLaren
Seeking Aliveness: Reading the Bible with Brian McLaren

His book breaks up the text of 'We Make the Road by Walking' into daily devotions, along with the original suggested Bible readings and with a prayer, thought or action point for each day.

Why nine decapitated toads could shed a light on pre-Biblical Israel
Why nine decapitated toads could shed a light on pre-Biblical Israel

Nine decapitated toads discovered in an ancient burial site could give an insight into funeral traditions in Palestine before the Israelites invaded around 4,000 years ago.

Helping the children suffering this terrible, preventable disease tightening its grip on Ethiopia
Helping the children suffering this terrible, preventable disease tightening its grip on Ethiopia

Recent flooding in Ethiopia has led to the spread of contaminated water and, as a result, a spike in Acute Watery Diarrhea. Hundreds of children and women have been hospitalised in recent weeks. World Vision's Kebede Gizachew travelled to one of the areas worst hit by the epidemic.

Sudanese-born bodybuilder killed 1, injured 6 in Tennessee church shooting
Sudanese-born bodybuilder killed 1, injured 6 in Tennessee church shooting

Melanie Crow Smith (39), a married mother of two, was killed during the attack and Samson – a bodybuilder born in Sudan – was arrested at the scene.

Archbishop of Canterbury sparks wedding panic...by losing the ring!
Archbishop of Canterbury sparks wedding panic...by losing the ring!

But Justin Welby sparked panic when he momentarily lost one of the rings as he officiated at the marriage of his senior aide Ailsa Anderson last Saturday.

Church in Wales closing more than 10 churches a year
Church in Wales closing more than 10 churches a year

The Church in Wales has closed 115 churches in a decade, about eight per cent of the total, leaving more than 1,300 still in use according to figures published by the BBC.

No, God Did Not Prescribe the Use of Cannabis in the Bible
No, God Did Not Prescribe the Use of Cannabis in the Bible

It turns out that there is an alleged scholarly basis for this bogus belief, namely, that the Hebrew words qaneh-bosem in Exod 30:23 refer to marijuana, or, more specifically, hemp.

Church apologizes after hosting fashion show 'glorifying demon worship'
Church apologizes after hosting fashion show 'glorifying demon worship'

The show during London Fashion Week featured inverted crosses and models wearing devil's horns and was held at St Andrew's Church in central London.

One woman killed, six others injured as masked gunman opens fire at Nashville church as service was ending
One woman killed, six others injured as masked gunman opens fire at Nashville church as service was ending

The pastor and his wife were among the wounded during the shooting at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ on Sunday morning.