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As Soccer Moses, Jars of Clay guitarist Stephen Mason finds unexpected joy

Former Christian rocker Stephen Mason’s life has been shaped by guitars, barber shears and the Bible

The Independent UK

East Palestine church hosts chemical exposure study in wake of train disaster

As East Palestine residents continue to experience wide-ranging symptoms in the wake of the February derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals, a research team from the University of Kentucky is launching the first study assessing biological samples for chemical exposure in East Palestine

The Independent UK

Proms at Sage Gateshead review – festival goes north for euphoric weekend that moves from Brahms to barking like dogs

With concerts encompassing pop, classical, jazz and a CBeebies family extravaganza, the Proms took over Sage Gateshead for a triumphant communal experience that underlined how music can connect us

The Guardian - UK

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There’s a reason every hit worship song sounds the same

A new study found that four megachurches have cornered the market on worship music in recent years, churning out hit after hit and dominating the worship charts

The Independent UK

Ousted Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz takes Oklahoma church job

Carl Lentz, the ousted pastor of Hillsong New York City, has landed on staff at Transformation Church

The Independent UK

Maryland church celebrates heritage on ‘Caribbean Sabbath'

On the third Saturday of Black History Month, a Seventh-day Adventist church in Maryland held a worship service more popular than Christmas, Easter or a revival

The Independent UK

Advocates chronicle LA's Virgin of Guadalupe street art

Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated in many Catholic parishes across Southern California

The Independent UK

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Queer bars offer sacred space for LGBTQ community

For as long as LGBTQ folks have gathered in bars and nightclubs, such spaces have hosted weddings, birthed churches and been called “heavenly.”

The Independent UK

For India’s ‘third sex’, acceptance mired in colonial past

India’s Supreme Court officially recognized transgender Indians as a third gender, separate from males and females in 2014, declaring that all persons have the constitutional right to self-identify regarding gender

The Independent UK

Some LGBTQ believers stick with faiths that repudiate them

In churches, synagogues and mosques across the United States, religious teaching and texts are often cited in disapproving of LGBTQ people

The Independent UK

Branson's God and country tourism draws patriotic Christians

In Branson, Missouri, the holy trinity of faith, flag and family reign supreme

The Independent UK

How a small Wisconsin town became home to 4 Dharmic temples

Pewaukee, Wisconsin, a village of 15,000 in Milwaukee’s far-west suburbs, is home to four Dharmic temples, an anomaly in a state rarely recognized for its South Asian immigrant population

The Independent UK

For a small Chicago church, closing down was an act of faith

For more than a century, Grace Evangelical Covenant Church on Chicago’s North Side proved resilient, ready to adapt to the many changes that came its way

The Independent UK

Monks’ role in Sri Lanka protests raises familiar questions

The protests that drove Sri Lanka's president from office brought together people from across the country’s diverse and sometimes warring ethno-religious groups: Tamils, Muslims, Christians, Sinhala Buddhists and the saffron-robed Buddhist monks who are fixtures of the political scene

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Israeli policy on ‘kosher cellphones’ outrages Haredi rabbis

In Israel, smartphones have become a volatile issue in the Haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, community

The Independent UK

Muslims are finding their place in America’s abortion debate

As the United States Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, Muslim Americans are gearing up for what the landmark reversal could mean for their communities

The Independent UK

Preservationists seek to acquire beloved Hollywood convent

Over the years, the Monastery of the Angels community has been dwindling as the nuns age and after some died from COVID-19 and other causes, making it difficult to sustain the monastery’s “democratic way of life.”

The Independent UK

Interfaith Trolley offers tour of religion in America

Some Chicagoans got a crash course in the world’s religions recently, visiting five major religious sites on the city’s south side — including Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Ebenezer Baptist Church and Masjid Al-Taqwa

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Activists seek to secure Japanese immigrants’ ‘sacred’ land

Activists and historians in the Orange County city of Huntington Beach are rallying to preserve ‘sacred’ land that Japanese immigrants acquired before California enacted the Alien Land Law in 1913 that barred Asian immigrants from owning land

The Independent UK

All-year daylight saving time threatens Jews' morning prayer

American Jews say they were blindsided by the U.S. Senate’s lightning-fast passage of a bill to make daylight saving time year-round and intend to fight it

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