The allegations against seven men at Cornell University come amid a climate of belligerent sexism

October 4, 2026 Isaiah 5:1-7Philippians 3:4b-14 The first thing a newly hatched baby bird does is to teach. Teach? Teach. A hatchling teaches its parents what it needs, what they’ll eat, what makes them comfortable. Even an experienced parent will learn new things from a new chick. A first time parent learns more than I can describe in a short story like this.

(RNS) — Over the past year, the Trump administration has issued contradictory and, at times, seemingly false statements about whether federal agents have conducted operations at churches.

September 27, 2026 Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32Matthew 21:23-32 A lot of birds build nests of some kind. Some are very simple, just a scrape in the earth. Others don’t build a nest at all, including the oh-so-brave manu-o-ku, which simply lays an egg on a branch. Some build pretty complicated nests. The ‘amakihi makes a very complex nest, and only the expectant mother does the building.

September 20, 2026 Jonah 3:10-4:11Matthew 20:1-16 ‘Apapane chicks don’t all behave the same way, just as human children don’t all behave the same way. You have loud ones and quiet ones, greedy ones and hungry-but-not-pushy ones, polite ones and brash ones. This ‘apapane nest had an assortment. There was one who was greedy and pushy, and mom and dad had to push him out of the way quite often to feed his brother and sister.

(RNS) — Your teachers deserve your memory and your blessing. A Yom Kippur message.

Kentucky prisons have restricted incarcerated people’s access to tablet video and phone calls, citing security concerns.

AI can support livelihoods, prosperity and culture, but only if island communities have a real say in how it is built and governed.

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