Power
Políticas públicas, governo, autoridade, direitos humanos. As Escrituras viram impérios subirem e caírem muito antes dos nossos, e falam com clareza sobre o uso e o abuso do poder. Estas reflexões leem as notícias do poder contra esse longo registro.
A Mãe Refugiada Vence o Caso Pelo Qual Ninguém Se Mobilizou
Os Estados Unidos fizeram campanha por um pastor perseguido. Um juiz federal decidiu a favor da mãe pela qual ninguém se mobilizou.
Hong Kong invade livrarias e não diz quais livros são proibidos
Cinco livreiros presos, nenhuma lista de títulos proibidos. O governo quer que o medo faça a censura. A Escritura foi escrita por quem conheceu essa tática de dentro da cela.
O pastor que deixou a família a salvo e voltou sozinho
Um homem saiu de uma prisão chinesa em 4 de julho. Oito colegas continuam presos. A decisão que define esse homem foi tomada oito anos antes, num aeroporto.
ICE algema uma freira de hábito na porta da missa
Ela usava o hábito como declaração. Os agentes que a algemaram não tinham categoria para o que passava diante deles.
Guardas rasparam o voto; a Corte não deu reparação
O voto de vinte anos de um rastafári foi raspado por guardas que sabiam ser ilegal. A Corte concordou que a lei foi violada e decidiu que ninguém deve responder por isso.
Na Hungria, os vencedores marcaram a data da própria saída.
Depois de dezesseis anos sob um só homem, a Hungria limitou todo primeiro-ministro a oito anos, amarrando os vencedores à mesma regra que afastou o antecessor.
Três homens da Filadélfia saíram livres após 28 anos presos por engano
Jermal Shuler, Marc Brittingham e Rasheed Turner saíram juntos em 26 de maio. Uma nova perícia sobre o horário da morte desfez um caso construído sobre uma única testemunha.
À oposição iraniana, pergunta-se quanto custaria a misericórdia
Cinco partidos curdos se uniram. Um congresso em Londres alertou contra a vingança. Tiago nomeia a conta que as nações quase nunca escolhem fazer.
A Kalamazoo officer caught a baby dropped from a burning window
Moses promised arms underneath. On a Michigan sidewalk this month, that promise wore a uniform and held up its hands.
The Farm the Children Paid For
A church called it rehabilitation and vocational training. A federal court called it $670,000 in wages it never paid to children as young as 12.
Half of Solomon's Prayer
A governor asks a state to pray for rain. Scripture is unusually specific about who can pray that prayer, and what it costs to pray it honestly.
The Choice the Drone Cannot Make
Pope Leo XIV warned this week that AI-directed warfare risks "absolving humans of responsibility for their choices." Scripture has been watching that escape route since Genesis 3.
When the Buffer Excludes John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
The Face of Man
A Seoul judge ruled against the wife of a former president. Eight days later, his body was found near the court.
The Blood That Remembers
Mladic's lawyers say his detention "no longer serves any purpose." Scripture treats murdered blood as a debt owed to God, not a utility calculation.
Ballots Cast in the Rubble
Palestinians voted in Gaza for the first time in twenty years. In Deir al-Balah, only one in five showed up. Exhaustion is not the same as surrender.
Sudan Starves While the World Pledges
Three years into civil war, a Berlin conference raised 1.5 billion euros for Sudan. Aid workers say pledges without access are ritual, not rescue.
Norway Draws a Line Around Childhood
Norway will force tech companies to verify age before letting children onto their platforms. The question is what childhood now requires protection from.
The Ceasefire That Changed Nothing
Trump extended the Iran ceasefire. Hours later, Iran’s navy seized two ships. The prophet Jeremiah had a name for peace declared while the siege holds.
She Went Where the Story Was
Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was killed in an Israeli airstrike during a ceasefire. Scripture remembers the cost of telling truth to power.
India's Census Forces a Confession
India's new census forces Dalit Christians to choose: declare your faith and lose legal protections, or hide it and keep your family fed.
A Sledgehammer and a Sacred Image
An Israeli soldier photographed smashing a Jesus statue in Lebanon forces a question the evangelical-Israeli alliance has avoided for years.
The Cost of Crossing the Road
A coal-mining safety instructor's insurer denied his cancer treatment four times. It cost less than the chemo they had already approved.
Sixteen Years Fell in One Day
Hungary's record voter turnout ended Viktor Orban's rule. The Psalm that warns against princes also describes what outlasts them.
A Village for the Green Transition
A Dutch village of 1,100 people is likely to be cleared for a 450-hectare substation serving the green grid. Scripture is unusually pointed about what land holds, and who it holds.
Chile Chose to Leave Its Ocean Alone
A country with fewer than 1,000 residents in the region just protected over half its ocean waters. The decree is new. The theology behind it is not.
Russia Chose Escalation Over Easter
After Zelensky called for a holiday ceasefire, Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles, killing civilians on Easter weekend.
Twenty-Three Thousand Cases Left Unanswered
The DOJ closed more criminal cases in six months than any administration on record. The abandoned included terrorism and healthcare fraud.