Tithe.ly is one of a handful of apps that make it easy for church goers to tithe. Pushpay and EasyTithe, which features a text-to-give option, are other options. Read Bloomberg’s piece on how church collection plates are going digital and how congregations are benefiting from the technology. Continue reading The Church Collection Plate Goes Digital
Unless something totally unexpected occurs in the next 20 years, the water level of the Dead Sea will continue to drop. Read more on the Forward. Continue reading Is the Dead Sea dying?
Breaking with an 800-year- old tradition, a series of Vatican newspaper essays is urging the Vatican to allow women to preach at Mass. Continue reading Vatican: Women should preach at Mass
An interesting piece on Quartz that explains the history of American tipping, which was carried over from slavery. It appears that original restaurant workers were not paid anything by their employers because they were newly freed slaves Continue reading How restaurant tipping grew out of slavery
A 2015 American Values Survey, found Americans think the country is worse in comparison to the way things were in the 1950s. Or at least how things were perceived to be. Continue reading Two-thirds of Republicans Say American Culture Has Worsened Since 1950s
Ariens Manufacturing in Brillion, Wisconsin just banned Muslims from taking prayer breaks during their shifts, stating the ritual causes undue hardship on its production of lawn mowers and snow blowers. The Islamic faith requires Muslims to pray five times a day. Until the new policy was announced , Muslim employees at Ariens were allowed to leave their station to pray twice during their shifts. Continue reading Company bans Muslim prayer breaks
The U.S. government launched the Food Steward’s Pledge, an initiative to engage religious groups of all faiths to help reduce food waste by 50 percent by 2030. NPR has the full story on the Environmental Protection Agency’s initiative. Continue reading Feds engage faith communities to fight food waste
Roman Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi finds evidence of David Bowie’s struggle with faith. Read Ravasi’s op-ed published in the Tablet where he outlines how Bowie never stopped searching for God. Continue reading Vatican official’s eulogy for David Bowie’s search for God
H& M sparked controversy for selling online a scarf that is similar to a tallit, the traditional Jewish prayer shawl. H&M has since pulled the scarf from stores in Israel but not before getting some observant Jews mad. Continue reading Stylishly observant or offensive?
What did Pope Francis really mean when he gave that famous exchange with reporters in 2013? He explains in a new book titled The Name of God is Mercy, according to The National Catholic Reporter Continue reading Pope Francis explains his most famous statement on gay people: “Who am I to judge?”
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