Jews need reassurance right now that the agenda represented by the renewed civil liberties movement in Britain is for them, writes Keith Kahn-Harris. They represent a powerful resource for change, but fear is holding them back....

Here is your regular Sunday selection of links to good things in Blogville and Beyond.The photograph in this post, of a gargoyle with a forked icicle hanging from its mouth, is worth a click. Hard to believe the cold weather was just a few days ago. [DCist]On more than one level the news about the D...

Anabaptists were the radicals of the Reformation – pacifist but prickly – and Mennonites were the Dutch Anabaptists. Phil Wood describes his Spiritual and social journey on the dissenting margins of historic Christianity....

Evangelical Christians have been deeply immersed in the anti-gay problem, says Simon Barrow. But as they re-read the biblical message in the light of its living centre, Jesus Christ, they can be part of a historic change....

Four Evangelical groups who believe the churches need a positive change of heart and mind on homosexuality have said condemning hate groups is not enough. They want Christian acceptance of gay people....

It’s hard not to love dogs. All the kisses and tail wags… How can you not love that? How can you especially not love their selfless and unconditional love for their owners and others around them? And what if that dog becomes a hero? Well, it’s absolutely possible. A freeway surveillance camera...

Parents and local residents have overwhelmingly backed the head teacher of a Devon school where a young child was reprimanded for upsetting a classmate by telling her she would "go to hell" for not believing in God....

Teachers have a tough job trying to balance the needs of pupils from diverse backgrounds, says Simon barrow. Trying to do so is not ‘political correctness’. It’s humanly decent, educationally necessary - and Christianly desirable, too....

The head teacher of a Devon school has defended its actions in relation to the mother of a young child who upset a classmate by telling her that she would "go to hell" if she did not believe in God and Jesus....

The United Church of Christ and its partners have welcomed several policy and legislative decisions in support of justice issues made by US President Obama, but are calling for more....