Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell’s spiritual warfare is more political than he admits

Landslides, fires, El Niño: Big Sur’s spiritual centers 'living with precariousness'

BIG SUR, Calif. (RNS) — For those who visit, work and live at the remote spiritual centers, ruggedness goes hand in hand with sacredness. But as climate change amplifies the region’s volatility, some — like the monks of New Camaldoli Hermitage — are weighing the costs.  

AME Church retirees to receive tens of millions more in funds lost amid scandal 

(RNS) — Some retired clergy who once served as ministers in the AME Church have said that after their retirement plans were allegedly mismanaged, they've had to depend on their children or return to work for financial security.

'East of Eden' is perhaps the ultimate Jewish story

(RNS) — A modern midrash on Cain and Abel — with a small Hebrew lesson embedded within it.

American Jews’ toxic family feud over Israel

(RNS) — Divisions over Israel and the war in Gaza are testing longstanding political loyalties among American Jews, whose votes could prove decisive in closely contested congressional races.

What to know about Kenya's starvation cult after its leader is convicted on 191 murder charges

(AP) — Pastor Paul Mackenzie was convicted alongside 28 others who helped run a sect connected to Mackenzie's Good News International Church in coastal southeast Kenya.