Peace calls after wave of attacks in the Philippines

Christian and Muslim groups are urging a peaceful resolution following attacks allegedly by groups linked to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Mindanao in the Philippines, and retaliation by government troops. The conflict relates to longstanding tension...

YMCA celebrates 130 years of open doors in Jerusalem

The Jerusalem International YMCA is this year marking the 130th anniversary of when it first opened its doors in the back of a Christian bookstore inside the Old City’s Jaffa Gate during the days of Ottoman rule in 1878 – writes Judith Sudilovsky. It is...

Moral practice and non-belief

I always seem to be offending atheists. The other evening, it was because I questioned what someone meant when he described himself as a “practising” atheist. What, I wondered, was being practised, and what sort of practice was it? The person I was talking with...